Nowhere Else to Go-Solitary Confinement as Mental Health Care

Nathaniel P Morris; Jacob M Izenberg

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.2768

Nowhere Else to Go-Solitary Confinement as Mental Health Care

JAMA. 2023 Jul 3;330(1):17-18. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.2768.

Authors

Nathaniel P Morris¹, Jacob M Izenberg¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco.

PMID: 37327004
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.2768

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint examines the clinical, ethical, and legal concerns of the use of solitary confinement to manage acute psychiatric distress among incarcerated people.

MeSH terms

Humans
Mental Disorders* / etiology
Mental Disorders* / psychology
Mental Disorders* / therapy
Mental Health
Prisoners* / psychology
Prisons*
Social Isolation* / psychology