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Public Safety committee There are two streams here. There's training available for correctional officers, but clinical staff also provide mental health services. Your statement not to move forward until we know the training of correctional officers is blurring the issue, with respect. You can still de
October 29th, 2009Committee meeting
James Livingston
Public Safety committee Yes, no problem.
October 29th, 2009Committee meeting
James Livingston
Public Safety committee In the utopia you've built, I'd also like to see health literacy, as people might not know they're experiencing symptoms of mental illness. That's a separate issue from stigma. So it's a matter of having people, the inmate population, being more mental health literate about what'
October 29th, 2009Committee meeting
James Livingston
Public Safety committee I would just echo that as well. We're focusing on mental health and substance use, and that's what my report does, but this is within a holistic environment where people have HIV/AIDS and other forms of diseases, dental diseases and what not. So considering mental health and addi
October 29th, 2009Committee meeting
James Livingston
Public Safety committee I can certainly speak to that, being a stigma researcher. I think you raise a really important point. The fact that someone has a mental illness does not mean they're stigmatized. They're perhaps diagnosed with a stigmatizing condition, but the literature reveals there's a range:
October 29th, 2009Committee meeting
James Livingston