Time Frames
Mental health + suicide prevention
EAP
Mental Health
Suicide Prevention
100

Once an inmate is referred for potential risk of suicide, psychologists have this many hours to conduct an individual assessment

What is 24 hours

100

Fact or Myth:  Adolescent females are the highest risk group for suicide

Myth: Middle aged men

100

This is the Bureau of Prisons EAP Provider

Who is BHS

100

This mental health disorder involves an individual experiencing or witnessing actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence. 

What is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

100

This is the amount of time an observer (staff or inmate) has in between log entries

What is 15 minutes

200

For newly assigned designated inmates, a psychologist will conduct a comprehensive psychological intake within this many days

What is 14

200

Inmates who are placed on this list are deemed at higher risk for suicide or destructive behavior when in restrictive settings, and therefore are required to be screened by a psychologist within 24 hours of placement in SHU.

What is the Psychology Advisory List (PAL)?

200

How many EAP sessions do BOP employees get?

What is 6

200

This Personality Disorder involves unstable and intense relationships, recurrent suicidal behavior, frantic efforts to avoid abandonment, impulsivity, emptiness, inappropriate anger, and affective instability

What is Borderline Personality Disorder

200

Suicide Watch rooms/cells are ordinarily located in which area inside an institution?

What is Health Services

300

Mental Health Care Level Threes are seen how often by a Psychologist

What is weekly

300

What is the biggest risk factor for suicide in the BOP?

What is a single cell

300

Confidential support services are available how many hours a day

What is 24

300

These are perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimulus

What are hallucinations

300
This item is only authorized to be used in emergency situations and should be located at the beginning of an officer's shift

What is a "cut-down tool"

400

For Suicide Watch, Inmate observers or companions will ordinarily work this many hours in one shift

What is 4

400

This designation is placed on an inmate to ensure they are screened by psychology for suicide/acute mental health concerns prior to releasing from R&D

What is PSY ALERT?

400

In addition to psychological counseling services, legal benefits, and child and eldercare resources, these services are also available through BHS

What is financial counseling

400

This Mental Health Care Level is reserved for inmates who require inpatient psychiatric care

What is Care Level 4

400

To prepare staff for emergency response, these trainings are conducted at least three times per year

What are Mock Suicide Drills

500

When an inmate requests protective custody, they should be screened by a Psychologist within this many hours

What is 72

500

How many inmates with elevated mental health care levels do we have at FCI Bastrop?

What is 8?

500

BHS is an acronym for what three words

What is Business Health Services

500

These staff members conduct pre-designation screening based on information in an inmate's Pre-Sentence Report (PSR).

What is Designation and Sentence Computation Center (DSCC)

500

If an inmate suicide does occur, investigators conduct this process directly following 

What is a Psychological Reconstruction

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