Supply of Behavioral Health Treatment

AbstractThe supply of behavioral health treatment is explored in Chapter 7. The constitutional obligation to provide behavioral health services to incarcerated persons is juxtaposed to the under provision of mental health and substance abuse services in correctional settings. This leads to the question: If these services are currently underprovided, should more tax dollars be spent to increase their provision in correctional settings? The answer is: it depends. A value proposition framework is used to explain. A value proposition statement for behavioral health services delivered by correctional agencies is developed and then critically examined, exploring how services are delivered and what services are delivered. The evidence on affordable harm-recovery interventions based on correctional populations is reviewed in the last section.