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How can mental disorders impact the process of individuals being locked up in jail while awaiting a court proceeding?
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Locking people with a mental disorder into a jail cell while awaiting their court appearance can be like pouring gasoline on a fire. The person with a mental illness already has shown a state characterized by irrational thinking patterns, regardless of which type of mental disorder the individual has. All mental disorders include patterns that are irrational and/or unstable. When we confine the mentally disturbed person to a very small space and take away almost all freedoms that the person has enjoyed until this moment, the patterns of ...
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