The Toolkit for Mental Health Screening and Risk and Needs In-depth Assessment developed under the Project were presented to the medical staff of the penitentiary institutions of Armenia. The participants appreciated the toolkit based on the Council of Europe standards that will enable them to perform an initial screening upon admission in a penitentiary institution of persons deprived, as well as an in-depth assessment in respect of the mental health.
The Road Map for piloting the abovementioned toolkits in three selected prisons was agreed based on the discussion at the meeting.
The results of both, screening and mental health assessment, are important components for treatment of persons deprived of liberty, and are to be registered in prisoners’ medical cards as well as in their individual sentence plans.
The Toolkit for Mental Health Screening and Risk and Needs In-depth Assessment were developed within the framework of the project “Enhancing health care and human rights protection in prisons in Armenia” implemented by the Council of Europe and financed by the Action Plan for Armenia 2019 -2022 and presented in an online working group on 19 April 2021.