Interrupting the Mental Illness-Incarceration-Recidivism Cycle.

The article discusses the authors' views about methods for reducing the flow of individuals with serious mental illness into America's criminal justice system, and it mentions the claim that patients with schizophrenia, major depressive disorders, and bipolar disorder are being disproportionately incarcerated in U.S. jails and prisons instead of community-based mental health clinics. Recidivism rates and decriminalization are examined, along with mental health treatment engagement.