Correctional Mental Health

The Correctional Mental Health clinic at Okaloosa Mental Health And NeuroPsychiatric Center is designed to meet the growing need for the treatment of individuals with mental disorders who face legal and correctional demands. Proper management and treatment of these individuals must include a recognition of both the mental and legal factors involved in their cases.

Corrections mental health and psychiatric services are provided by personal referral or by referral by the court, criminal defense attorneys, probation officials, correctional institutions and juvenile detention centers. Corrections mental health services may include clinical and psychological testing, psychiatric consultation, mental health counseling and therapy, and documentation reporting.

Complete mental health and psychiatric treatment of the mentally ill offender is available to legal professionals, correctional probate officials, and the court to facilitate community reintegration and recurrence prevention. Clinical management of the mentally ill reduces the pain and suffering of the mentally ill offender, reduces re-offense, and contains costs and risks to communities. Correctional mental health services at Okaloosa Mental Health And Psychiatric Center responds to the growing need for such services.