Mental Health Examiner Description

The Carbon County Mental Health Examiner provides:

• Mental health examinations
• Clinical assessments
• Documentation and/or medical notation
• Recommendations to the Carbon County Attorney’s Office for any person who has been placed on an Emergency Detention as required by Wyoming State Statutes

On a weekly basis the Mental Health Examiner also provides: 

• Initial mental health assessment services to inmates incarcerated in the Carbon County Detention Center 

The Mental Health Examiner also provides: 

• Brief mental health services, assessments and intervention 
  • To assist and evaluate inmates for adjustment to the incarceration environment

The Examiner will also:

• Complete a risk assessment on potentially suicidal inmates in the Detention Center 
• Provide any necessary follow-up assessments

The Mental Health Examiner 

• Is a member of the Sheriff’s Office medical file review team 
• Will assist medical staff and the administrative team at the jail with a review of an inmate’s medications and behavioral health concerns

The Mental Health Examiner provides: 

• Annual Suicide Prevention Training to 
  • Carbon County Sheriff’s Office detention staff 
  • New employees 
• Annual Suicide Prevention Training and Mental health training for 
  • Other Carbon County law enforcement agencies 
  • Other community agencies and organizations upon request

Help is Available Now!

• If you or someone you know is in immediate danger of harming themselves
  • Please call 911.
• If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts
  • Call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
    • 1-800-273-TALK (8255) 
    • Or text “WYO” to 741-741 for the Crisis Text Line
  • People call/text to talk about lots of things:  
    • Financial troubles
    • Relationships
    • Sexual identity
    • Depression
    • Illness
    • Loneliness
    • And Others
• Talking with someone about your thoughts and feelings can save your life. The U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the Crisis Text Line operate 24/7 and offer free support to anyone.

Resources:

• Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS): 
  • https://cssrs.columbia.edu/the-columbia-scale-c-ssrs/cssrs-for-families-friends-and-neighbors/
  • https://cssrs.columbia.edu/the-columbia-scale-c-ssrs/cssrs-for-communities-and-healthcare/#filter=.general-use.english
    
• Suicide Fact Sheet: 
  • https://health.wyo.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/suicide-2018-factsheet.pdf
    
• Wyoming Suicide Prevention Resource Guide: With Help Comes Hope
  • https://health.wyo.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/WithHelpComesHope.pdf
• Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS): 
  • https://cssrs.columbia.edu/the-columbia-scale-c-ssrs/cssrs-for-families-friends-and-neighbors/
  • https://cssrs.columbia.edu/the-columbia-scale-c-ssrs/cssrs-for-communities-and-healthcare/#filter=.general-use.english
    
• Suicide Fact Sheet: 
  • https://health.wyo.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/suicide-2018-factsheet.pdf
• Wyoming Suicide Prevention Resource Guide: With Help Comes Hope
  
  • https://health.wyo.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/WithHelpComesHope.pdf