Department of Correction
Derrick D. Schofield, Commissioner
Office of Mental Health Services
Mental Health Services sets the policy standards for the delivery of inmate mental health services and evaluates the care provided throughout the department's system. Mental Health Services performs mental health screenings, extensive mental health appraisals and evaluations. Tennessee's correctional system provides inmates with access to a continuum of treatment services including medication management, psychotherapy and case management. This office is also responsible for the Sex Offender Treatment Board.
The TDOC strives to improve the mental health and quality of life for inmates by ensuring access to quality care that reduces the debilitating effects of serious mental illness and helps to keep prison staff, inmates, volunteers and visitors saff. The department has initiated a major effort to standardize case management using a treatment team approach.
Scope of Mental Health Services
Acute Care Labs Related to Medication Management Case Management Using Treatment Team Approach Partial Hospitalization Chronic Care Pharmacy Consultation Liaison Psychiatric Medication Management Crisis Intervention Psychological Testing Discharge Planning Residential Sex Offender Treatment and Aftercare Group Therapy Sheltered Living for Vulnerable Populations Individual Therapy
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