Incarcerated individuals have high rates of mental disorders and substance use disorders compared with the general population, yet correctional facilities in the United States have difficulty recruiting mental health professionals. This has led to shortages in the availability of clinicians who can provide psychiatric care in these settings. During training and in practice, mental health professionals may develop misconceptions about correctional psychiatry that deter them from the field. This article examines common misconceptions about working in correctional psychiatry, including that correctional psychiatry provides unnecessary care to criminals, supports mass incarceration, is dangerous work, represents a less respectable subspecialty, and excludes clinicians from teaching and research opportunities. This article seeks to provide a resource for mental health professionals considering working with incarcerated patients.

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关于在矫正精神病学中工作的误解。

与普通人群相比，被监禁的人有较高的精神障碍和物质使用障碍发生率，但是美国的教养所很难招募精神卫生专业人员。这导致在这些情况下可以提供精神病护理的临床医生的供应短缺。在培训和实践中，精神卫生专业人员可能会产生对矫正精神病学的误解，从而阻止他们离开现场。本文研究了有关在矫正精神病学中工作的常见误解，包括矫正精神病学为罪犯提供了不必要的护理，支持了大规模监禁，是危险的工作，代表了一个不太受人尊敬的专科，并且将临床医生排除在教学和研究机会之外。