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Dr. Scott Allen notes that among 90 treated patients most had depression, anxiety, psychosis, and some had documented suicide history. 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Expand Death Row.……3Black Faith Group IntroducesMentoring In North Texa ……4Hawaii Proposes Early InterventionOn Drugs As Preventative.……4OJJDP Videoconference FeaturesSex Exploitation Of Children...5OJJDP Sets Up'JUMP'MentoringProgram On Interne.…………5Post-Trauma Counseling EasesImpact Of Violence On Youth...5U.S.Solicits Comments OnMental Health Care For Youth.5Sentencing Commission ReviewsCompassionate Release …………6  \nIN THE COURTS  \n3rd Circuit Decides Vegetarian DietFor Muslims Is Constitutional..69th Circuit Prohibits Parole BoardFrom Revoking Prior Action....6Florida Protects Private E-MailSent From Agency Computers..7  \nACROSS THE STATES  \nGeorgia……  ……………7New Jersey………………………7  \nFUNDINGGang Resistance ………………7  \nDEATH ROWNorth Carolina,Texas…………7  \n# CorrectionSDIGEST\n\nThe only independent news service for the corrections professional  \nRhode Island correctional healthauthorities have identified an appar-ent link between inmates with hepati-tis C and mental illness.  \nWhile the inmate population inRhode Island represents one of thesmallest in the United States and thenumber of inmates with hepatitis C isan even smaller sample of that uni-verse,the findings appeared to be im-portant.  \nDr.Scott Allen,medical directorfor the Corrections Department,saidthe majority of inmates treated foradvanced HCV in Rhode Island hadsome type of mental disorder.  \nAllen said 44 percent sufferedfrom depression,7 percent from anxi-ety,7 percent from psychosis and,perhaps,most significantly,4 percenthad a documented history of suicide.  \nAllen acknowledged that somesystems will cite mental illness as acontra indication and will refuse totreat on that basis.  \n\"I don't believe that anymore,\"Allen said.\"I think in my facility,wehave the safest opportunity to treat.Obviously,unstable mental illness isstill a contra indication to therapy.”  \nThe key,however,is having astrong mental health component toidentify and address mental health is-sues,he said.  \n# Rhode Island Finds Most Inmates WithHepatitis C Have Mental Disorders\n\n“For systems like mine with astrong presence of mental health intheir facilities,I think it is safe toproceed (with treatment),\"Allen said.  \nAllen provided treatment data on90 patients—86 males and fourwomen—treated with standard inter-feron and ribavirin.  \nThe majority,nearly 70 percent,had genotype 1 a/b,the most difficultform of the virus to treat.  \nSixty-three percent had no virusat the end of six months of treatment;40 percent of those who completedtreatment,though,did not have anymeasurable virus six months after theend of treatment,and were thus con-sidered sustained responders.Thisrepresents a 28 percent sustained re-sponse rate based on intention to treatanalysis.  \nIn terms of hepatitis protocol,theCorrections Department is about inthe center of treatments that otherstates provide.It's neither the mostnor least aggressive in treatment.  \n\"I appear to be on the leadingedge of the pro-treatment group sim-ply by advocating that we treat ourpatients like they would be treated inthe community,\"explained the medi-cal director.  \n\"I am not saying,'treat every-body,and it would be wrong to  \nquote me as saying that.I believe ourpatients here should have reasonableaccess to evaluation and treatmentcommensurate with what is offered inthe community—no more,and noless.”  \nWith that type of approach,Allenwould normally be considered amoderate when it comes to treatment.But correctional medicine,for themost part,has adopted a conservativeapproach when dealing with HCVbecause of cost considerations,mak-ing Rhode Island's protocol more ag-gressive than many other states,ac-cording to Allen.  \nAs a correctional medical direc-tor,Allen has to “keep a handle onmy costs.”  \n\"I have my feet held to the fire bymy director,my legislature,my gov-ernor,\"he says.  \nBut at the same time,the courtsha","cbCaiuWI4Aze3uu3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuWI4Aze3uu3","pdf",2689381,"English","# Rhode 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Nearly 70% had genotype 1 and 63% showed no virus at six months; a 28% sustained response rate was reported on intention-to-treat analysis.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Dr. Scott Allen describe Rhode Island’s approach to treating hepatitis C?\",\"answer\":\"He advocated treating patients according to what is offered in the community, arguing that with strong mental health components, treatment can proceed despite concerns that mental illness might be a contraindication.\"}]","Rhode Island Finds Most Inmates With Hepatitis C Have Mental Disorders | PDF",1790684282,23]