Dewey Williams, Duke University Divinity School graduate, "Prison: The Wrong Treatment Plan for Mental Health"
Prison: The Wrong Treatment Plan for Mental Health –Dewey Williams A person that is diagnosed with a mental health condition will be given a treatment plan so that their care will be tailored to fit their specific diagnosis This plan will have goals that establish and measure their progress toward addressing their specific needs. Just like in other medical arenas the treatment plan is essential to moving the client toward a stabilized condition where they can function in their environment and participate in their communities. A mental health treatment plan cannot be a ‘cookie-cutter’, one size fits all plan that is used from person to person regardless of their presenting struggles. Persons struggling with mental health will have trouble fitting into the ebb and flow of life that most people seem to find easy to adjust to. It is these difficulties that partly define their mental health dilemma. For those with a mental health diagnosis, moving in patterns that most others are