Giving Patients Better Mental Health Care Reduces The Prison Population And Saves Us Money

Giving Patients Better Mental Health Care Reduces The Prison Population And Saves Us Money, Think Progress, June 27, 2013. Researchers from NC State and the University of South Florida found that psychiatric patients who have access to affordable outpatient mental health treatment and medication were far less likely to end up in prison than those who didn’t. Sarah L. Desmarais, psychology, featured.