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State Chapters => California => Topic started by: rangerrebew on May 10, 2018, 05:53:40 pm
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Use Of Psychiatric Drugs Soars In California Jails
By Anna Gorman
May 8, 2018
The number of jail inmates in California taking psychotropic drugs has jumped about 25 percent in five years, and they now account for about a fifth of the county jail population across the state, according to a new analysis of state data.
The increase could reflect the growing number of inmates with mental illness, though it also might stem from better identification of people in need of treatment, say researchers from California Health Policy Strategies (CHPS), a Sacramento-based consulting firm.
https://khn.org/news/use-of-psychiatric-drugs-soars-in-california-jails/