Dr. Jhilam Biswas
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One is substance use is like one of the biggest issues that results in violent behavior and then results in someone with mental illness or substance use disorder to be incarcerated. This impulsive behavior that comes from substance use. Another is traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injury is a really big deal in the United States.
One is substance use is like one of the biggest issues that results in violent behavior and then results in someone with mental illness or substance use disorder to be incarcerated. This impulsive behavior that comes from substance use. Another is traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injury is a really big deal in the United States.
People end up with concussions and a series of concussions over the course of their life through sports, through fights, through lots of different car accidents. This is an issue and it does actually cause people to have personality changes, to become more impulsive. to not necessarily pick up on all social cues or to self-medicate with substances, their symptoms that they're experiencing.
People end up with concussions and a series of concussions over the course of their life through sports, through fights, through lots of different car accidents. This is an issue and it does actually cause people to have personality changes, to become more impulsive. to not necessarily pick up on all social cues or to self-medicate with substances, their symptoms that they're experiencing.
People end up with concussions and a series of concussions over the course of their life through sports, through fights, through lots of different car accidents. This is an issue and it does actually cause people to have personality changes, to become more impulsive. to not necessarily pick up on all social cues or to self-medicate with substances, their symptoms that they're experiencing.
So that's another way where we see violent behavior. And lastly, we see violent behavior when someone has mental illness that is untreated. Untreated mental illness that results in a lack of insight and self-awareness that somebody is ill. That is the third way I think people do end up in the carceral system due to having a mental health issue. And we know that.
So that's another way where we see violent behavior. And lastly, we see violent behavior when someone has mental illness that is untreated. Untreated mental illness that results in a lack of insight and self-awareness that somebody is ill. That is the third way I think people do end up in the carceral system due to having a mental health issue. And we know that.
So that's another way where we see violent behavior. And lastly, we see violent behavior when someone has mental illness that is untreated. Untreated mental illness that results in a lack of insight and self-awareness that somebody is ill. That is the third way I think people do end up in the carceral system due to having a mental health issue. And we know that.
As psychiatrists, when I'm doing that evaluation, I know, I see those factors. And those are three things we could divert back into the community and provide intensive treatment for and help society understand, look, that treatment might need to be mandated for a short period of time until that person develops insight. That's going to be the way to keep people in the community.
As psychiatrists, when I'm doing that evaluation, I know, I see those factors. And those are three things we could divert back into the community and provide intensive treatment for and help society understand, look, that treatment might need to be mandated for a short period of time until that person develops insight. That's going to be the way to keep people in the community.
As psychiatrists, when I'm doing that evaluation, I know, I see those factors. And those are three things we could divert back into the community and provide intensive treatment for and help society understand, look, that treatment might need to be mandated for a short period of time until that person develops insight. That's going to be the way to keep people in the community.
But there are a lot of little problems we end up along the way. in being able to provide that level of care, I think, in the United States. And I think that is resulting in a carceral system problem of mental illness.
But there are a lot of little problems we end up along the way. in being able to provide that level of care, I think, in the United States. And I think that is resulting in a carceral system problem of mental illness.
But there are a lot of little problems we end up along the way. in being able to provide that level of care, I think, in the United States. And I think that is resulting in a carceral system problem of mental illness.
We need that medication treatment and the therapy that goes along with it and housing that goes along with it and occupational therapy and physical therapy that goes along with it to be in the community. And the community needs to have a deeper understanding of what causes violence, impulsive violence in individuals, not necessarily premeditated violence.
We need that medication treatment and the therapy that goes along with it and housing that goes along with it and occupational therapy and physical therapy that goes along with it to be in the community. And the community needs to have a deeper understanding of what causes violence, impulsive violence in individuals, not necessarily premeditated violence.
We need that medication treatment and the therapy that goes along with it and housing that goes along with it and occupational therapy and physical therapy that goes along with it to be in the community. And the community needs to have a deeper understanding of what causes violence, impulsive violence in individuals, not necessarily premeditated violence.
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