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This book addresses the limitations of medications, the complexities of practice in prisons, and the misinformation in the medical literature, from the perspective of the practicing psychiatrist. The trajectory of medicine over 50 years of clinical practice is reflected in the text amid the progression of the medical literature used to clarify the past, present, and future practice of psychiatry in correctional facilities.

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This book addresses the limitations of medications, the complexities of practice in prisons, and the misinformation in the medical literature, from the perspective of the practicing psychiatrist. The trajectory of medicine over 50 years of clinical practice is reflected in the text amid the progression of the medical literature used to clarify the past, present, and future practice of psychiatry in correctional facilities.
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Autorenporträt
I have been the Chairman of a Department of Psychiatry in a Community Hospital, Medical Director of a four county and a five county Mental Health Center in Indiana from 1984 to 1986 and 1991 to 2001. I have practiced psychiatry in Regional Medical Centers, Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center in Hazard, Kentucky. I have practiced psychiatry in Michigan Prisons including Riverside Psychiatric Hospital in Ionia Michigan: Bellamy Creek Prison in Ionia Michigan: I-Max prison in Ionia Michigan; Brooks Prison in Muskegon, Michigan; Pelican Bay Prison in Crescent City, California; CSP-Sac prison in Folsom, California; San Quentin Prison in San Quentin, California. I have worked in Forensic Psychiatric hospitals including Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan; Patton State Hospital in Patton, California; and Atascadero State Hospital in Atascadero, California. I have testified as a psychiatric expert witness in probate court, civil, and criminal trials in Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, and California. I have worked at Fort Hood, Texas with active military suffering from PTSD, closed head injuries and other stress related mental illnesses. I have worked in private practice clinics as well as the numerous public agencies listed above. I share my experience with the public to assist in understanding what psychiatry can and cannot do. I am here to do no harm, and to help if I can