Dr. Jhilam Biswas

And so we did a research study because one of the biggest issues that I found in forensic hospitals and working in the incarcerated, in a system with patients who are incarcerated, is that it's very difficult to get... standing doses of treatment for them.

So we ran a study and we showed all of these different adverse events that occur while we're waiting for the courts to allow us to give treatment.

So we ran a study and we showed all of these different adverse events that occur while we're waiting for the courts to allow us to give treatment.

So we ran a study and we showed all of these different adverse events that occur while we're waiting for the courts to allow us to give treatment.

And those adverse events, you know, were like patient on patient assaults, patient on staff assaults, climate incidences where, you know, the individual is either victimized by others or, you know, throwing things or breaking things in the unit and really just causing a lot of disruption.

And those adverse events, you know, were like patient on patient assaults, patient on staff assaults, climate incidences where, you know, the individual is either victimized by others or, you know, throwing things or breaking things in the unit and really just causing a lot of disruption.

And those adverse events, you know, were like patient on patient assaults, patient on staff assaults, climate incidences where, you know, the individual is either victimized by others or, you know, throwing things or breaking things in the unit and really just causing a lot of disruption.

And so what ends up happening with these delays to treatment in carceral settings or forensic hospitals, and actually in Massachusetts we see it even in our acute care settings, is it's not a healing environment necessarily for people.

And so what ends up happening with these delays to treatment in carceral settings or forensic hospitals, and actually in Massachusetts we see it even in our acute care settings, is it's not a healing environment necessarily for people.

And so what ends up happening with these delays to treatment in carceral settings or forensic hospitals, and actually in Massachusetts we see it even in our acute care settings, is it's not a healing environment necessarily for people.

Because the other people are so sick around them or they themselves are so sick and there's this delay to care. So anyway, all that to say, we did this research study. We found that when we do provide treatment to individuals in forensic hospitals, things improve dramatically and these adverse events decrease dramatically.

Because the other people are so sick around them or they themselves are so sick and there's this delay to care. So anyway, all that to say, we did this research study. We found that when we do provide treatment to individuals in forensic hospitals, things improve dramatically and these adverse events decrease dramatically.

Because the other people are so sick around them or they themselves are so sick and there's this delay to care. So anyway, all that to say, we did this research study. We found that when we do provide treatment to individuals in forensic hospitals, things improve dramatically and these adverse events decrease dramatically.

Actually, I'm going to be president of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society in April.

Actually, I'm going to be president of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society in April.

Actually, I'm going to be president of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society in April.

Yeah. And I'm working with a group of other organizations to really help change some of the laws in Massachusetts to bring time. It's called the timely treatment bill. And we're trying to bring better psychiatric care to people in inpatient settings and in forensic hospitals and in prison settings, antipsychotic treatment when they have psychotic illness.

Yeah. And I'm working with a group of other organizations to really help change some of the laws in Massachusetts to bring time. It's called the timely treatment bill. And we're trying to bring better psychiatric care to people in inpatient settings and in forensic hospitals and in prison settings, antipsychotic treatment when they have psychotic illness.

Yeah. And I'm working with a group of other organizations to really help change some of the laws in Massachusetts to bring time. It's called the timely treatment bill. And we're trying to bring better psychiatric care to people in inpatient settings and in forensic hospitals and in prison settings, antipsychotic treatment when they have psychotic illness.

The other thing we're doing, and Anne Cochran I know connected me to you for this, is what my hope is, is rather than having people get care in these locked settings, really bring that level of care to the community through assisted outpatient treatment and wraparound services.