1 Hour / 1 CE

On Demand | Self-Paced Professional Training

This on-demand professional training program on Integrated Behavioral Health and the Criminal Justice System is presented by Jerrod Brown, PhD.

This badge-earning program can be shared digitally on platforms like LinkedIn or your resume and counts towards a certificate. Enroll in this program to earn credit towards the Integrated Behavioral Health Certificate and share your new digital credentials with prospective employers and colleagues.

Integrative behavioral health is a type of whole-person care, focusing on the interconnections between the body, mind, and physical actions. As such, integrated behavioral health can include a diverse variety of topics including mental health, life stressors and crises, nutrition, sleep, stress-related physical symptoms, and substance use. Because clients with mental health problems often suffer from co-occurring physical health issues, providing services through an integrated behavioral health lens may result in improved outcomes. 

Persons involved in the criminal justice system commonly experience a host of behavioral health and physical health issues. As such, an integrated behavioral health approach to care is desperately needed. 

This program is designed for professionals interested in learning about the causes and consequences associated with behavioral health and physical health issues among criminal justice-involved populations. Implications for interviewing, screening, and intervention are explored through an integrated behavioral health lens. Empirically based research findings are highlighted throughout this program. 

Relevant topics reviewed during this program include:

  • Chronic diseases
  • Blood sugar dysregulation
  • Gut dysbiosis
  • Sleep issues
  • Cognitive health problems
  • Food insecurity
  • Neurocriminology
  • Neurocounseling
  • Psychoneuroimmunology
  • Poverty and homelessness
  • Offender reentry
  • Criminal recidivism

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

  • 1 Define integrated behavioral health and other related topics
  • 2 Describe the causes and consequences associated with behavioral health and physical health issues among criminal justice-involved populations
  • 3 Describe interviewing, screening, and intervention options appropriate for criminal justice-involved populations through an integrated behavioral health lens
  • 4 Describe up-to-date research findings

  • Intended Audience

    This training is designed for early- to mid-career mental health professionals who are interested in or currently working with justice-involved populations. It is particularly relevant for those specializing in forensic or correctional mental health, integrated behavioral health, or related fields that address both physical and mental health needs. Participants typically work in correctional facilities, community corrections programs, or clinical settings that serve individuals involved in the criminal justice system, such as psychologists, social workers, and counselors.

  • Experience Level

    This training is applicable for entry-level to mid-career professionals.

    • Early-career professionals (entry-level to a few years of experience)
    • Mid-career professionals (several years of experience, seeking to deepen or expand expertise in justice-involved populations)

  • Practice Setting

    • Mental health professionals working with justice-involved individuals
    • Psychologists, social workers, and counselors
    • Professionals specializing in forensic or correctional mental health
    • Those in integrated behavioral health roles addressing co-occurring physical and mental health needs
    • Staff in correctional facilities, community corrections, or clinical environments serving the criminal justice population

Presented By

Jerrod Brown, PhD

Jerrod Brown, PhD, is the Treatment Director for Pathways Counseling Center, Inc., the lead developer of an online Master of Arts degree in Human Services with an emphasis in Forensic Behavioral Health from Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, the founder and CEO of the American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS), and the Editor-in-Chief of Forensic Scholars Today (FST) and the Journal of Special Populations (JSP).

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Training Outline

Key topics covered in this training include:

  • Describe integrated behavioral health and other related topics.

  • Describe the causes and consequences associated with behavioral health and physical health issues among criminal justice-involved populations

  • Describe criminal justice professionals and allied disciplines of study should become integrated behavioral health Informed

  • Describe interviewing, screening, and intervention options appropriate for criminal justice-involved populations through an integrated behavioral health lens

  • Describe up-to-date research findings

Earning a Certificate

This is a badge-earning program, which means it will help you earn a certificate that can be showcased on digital platforms like LinkedIn.
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CE Sponsorship Information

Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by, recognized by, or maintains sponsorship provider status with the following boards and agencies. We maintain responsibility for all content in our CE/CPD programs. For more information, visit here. 

  1. American Psychological Association (APA): Approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists.

  2. Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Approved continuing education provider (ACE program, Provider #1480), 11/22/2023–11/22/2026.

  3. Canadian Psychological Association (CPA): Approved to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

  4. National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 7190).



Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.