The Experiences of People Who Are Incarcerated in Accessing Mental Health Care: A Qualitative Meta-Ethnography.

Overview: This meta-ethnography synthesizes the findings of seven qualitative studies on the experiences of people who are incarcerated in accessing mental health care with a goal of better understanding the scope of these experiences and identifying gaps in custodial mental health care. Noblit and Hare's meta-ethnographic approach was used.

Findings: Five themes were identified: stressful incarceration environments, lack of resources, care is not patient centered, lack of trust, and the value of therapeutic relationships.

Targeted Approaches, Universalism, and Targeted Universalism: Opportunities for the U.S. Correctional Health Care System.

Social policy has traditionally been implemented in two ways: using targeted or universal approaches. Each of these mechanisms has advantages and disadvantages to the populations to whom the policies are applied and to the system applying the policies. A third approach to social policy implementation has emerged: targeted universalism.