MMHI: Forensic Services
Forensic patients are referred through the criminal court system. MMHI's forensic program serves patients who are sent for one of three services:
- Assessment of competency to stand trial
- Treatment to competency to stand trial
- Treatment upon a finding of not guilty of a crime due to mental illness
MMHI's forensic program units are designated maximum, medium, and minimum security. The major difference between these security designations is the degree of supervision/monitoring of the patients, the degree of access off the unit, and the items the patients are allowed to have in their possession. Movement through the security levels is determined by the degree to which a patient poses a risk to self or others, the level of involvement and participation in treatment, and the degree to which the patients has established a level of trust on the part of the treating staff.
Secure Assessment and Treatment Unit (SATU)
Admission unit for court ordered forensic patients. This unit provides assessment of competency to stand trial. Other functions include the initial observation period for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for patients who require a high level of security.
Assessment and Treatment Unit (ATU)
Admission unit for court ordered forensic patients. This unit provides assessment of competency to stand trial. Other functions include the initial observation period for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for patients who require a high level of security.
East Admission Medical Unit (EAMU)
Admission unit for court ordered forensic patients. Patients may be mentally ill, medically compromised, and/or disabled. Staff work with patients in need of competency services or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
Forensic Maximum Unit (FMU)
Admission unit for court ordered forensic patients. This unit provides assessment of competency to stand trial. Other functions include the initial observation period for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for patients who require a high level of security.
Management and Treatment Unit (MTU)
A specialized unit for the management and treatment of acutely aggressive adult male patients.
Patient Transition Unit (PTU)
A unit for male forensic patients who have serious mental illnesses and who continue pose a significant security and safety risk to themselves or others. The unit also provides ongoing assessment and treatment designed to step down patients from maximum to medium security.
Treatment-Rehabilitation-Assessment-Care Unit #1 (TRAC 1)
A unit for male forensic patients who have serious mental illnesses, who continue to pose a significant security and safety risk to themselves or others, and who may have a coexisting medical issue needing special care. This unit also provides ongoing assessment and treatment designed to step down patients from maximum to medium security.
Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU)
A unit for adult female forensic patients who are mentally ill or impaired and require intensive psychiatric intervention.
Lorenz Medical Unit (LMU)
A unit for male forensic patients designed to treat individuals with chronic and acute mental illness and to deliver medical management centering on the unique needs of rehabilitation, complex nursing cares, and the older adult population.
Treatment-Rehabilitation-Assessment-Care Unit #2 (TRAC 2)
A unit for adult female forensic patients who are mentally ill or impaired and require intensive psychiatric intervention.
Treatment-Rehabilitation-Assessment-Care Unit #3 West (TRAC 3W)
A long-term treatment unit that acclimates patients to a less restrictive level of security.
Treatment and Rehabilitation Unit (TRU)
A treatment unit for adult male forensic patients with significant sex offense histories and/or personality disorder diagnoses who have demonstrated an ability and willingness to manage themselves in a medium security environment.
Medium Admission and Rehabilitation Unit (MARU)
Admission, assessment, and treatment unit for patients being evaluated or treated for competency and longer term patients starting in medium security.
Treatment-Rehabilitation-Assessment-Care Unit #3 East (TRAC 3E)
A unit for adult male forensic patients being actively prepared for community transition. The focus is on social skills, vocational training, employment within the institute, and education.
Forensic Transition Unit (FTU)
A unit for adult male forensic patients modeled after a group home type setting. The focus is on community reintegration through community volunteer and paid work experience.