Gender, Psychiatric Symptomatology, Problem Behaviors and Mental Health Treatment in a Canadian Provincial Correctional Population: Disentangling the Associations between Care and Institutional Control

Archambault, Kyle; Joubert, David; Brown, Gregory P.

doi:10.1080/14999013.2013.787560

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“…Taking psychoactive medications is a corporal practice that has effects on feelings and cognition and that, ultimately, is used to deal with feelings of pain and distress which are widely experienced in prison. 73 Participants in this study were no exception: of the 17 participants who were interviewed, 12 disclosed taking psychoactive medications during their time in prison. All participants described in great details how some prisoners looked like they were intoxicated by their psychiatric medication: "They were like zombies, zombies!…”

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Unearthing Ourselves Upon Prison Release: Corporal Practices and the Pursuit of Health

Chesnay

2017

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Recent feminist scholarship on prison release has demonstrated that, upon incarcerated women’s release from prison, they are not quite free from the criminal-justice system, as they carry with them the imprint of their time spent in prison. Using data from interviews and a focus group from a study informed by participatory action research, this article explores how participants attempted to “undo” the imprint of penal governance on their bodies and health. Through the exploration of corporal practices, such as taking care of their appearance, using psychoactive medications, and defecating, this article shows how women attempt to “undo” prison in order to pursue health. It concludes that corporal practices may help them to partially unearth themselves from prison.Plusieurs ouvrages féministes ont démontré qu’au moment de leur sortie de prison, les femmes qui ont été incarcérées ne sont pas tout à fait libres, puisque leur corps porte l’empreinte de leur incarcération et, ultimement, incarne le système carcéral. En s’appuyant sur une recherche-action participative, le présent article se penche sur les stratégies mises en place par les participantes pour se défaire de cette empreinte et améliorer leur santé. Le présent article étudie la question des techniques du corps, plus particulièrement les pratiques liées à l’esthétique, à la prise de médicaments psychotropes et à la défécation, et explore comment les participantes tentent de se délier de l’emprise du système de justice pénale sur leur corporalité. Il conclut que les techniques corporelles n’ont qu’une portée limitée pour extraire ce contrôle du corps des participantes

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Section: Psychoactive Medicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unearthing Ourselves Upon Prison Release: Corporal Practices and the Pursuit of Health

Chesnay

2017

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“…In addition, intermediary variables explaining the association between maltreatment and the experience of discipline should also be considered. Inmate-level factors such as gang affiliation (DeLisi et al, 2013), general or violent criminal history (DeLisi et al, 2011), or personality and mental health problems (Archambault et al, 2013) could conceivably be related to both childhood abuse and disciplinary measures in prison, and could in fact explain why inmates with antecedents of maltreatment are at risk of experiencing punishment. Consideration of such variables should ideally be done using a prospective, longitudinal design allowing for an observation of sequential effects between predictors.…”

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Cycle of coercion: experiences of maltreatment and disciplinary measures in Canadian inmates

Joubert

Archambault

Brown

2014

International Journal of Prisoner Health

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“…Woman prisoners often experience psychological disorders such as poor mental health, depression, stress, aggressiveness, and psychological illness ( 2 ). Psychotic illness, bipolar disorder, personality disorders and drug dependence also have a high prevalence among woman prisoners ( 3 , 4 ).…”

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Women Behind Bars: A Scoping Review of Mental Health Needs in Prison

Hidayati¹,

Suryani²,

Rahayuwati³

et al. 2023

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Background: Women prisoners are a population that is vulnerable to mental health problems. Women prisoners have a higher risk of mental health problems than women in the general population. So far, there have been very few studies with specific on women prisoner populations discussing mental health needs in prisons. The high prevalence of mental health problems in women prisoners is inseparable from meeting the mental health needs of women prisoners in prison. This review aimed to identify the mental health needs of women prisoners. Methods: A scoping review was used, a systematic search of the articles on Oxford Academic Journals, Emerald Insight, Science Direct, PubMed, and Google Scholar using the keywords “Mental Health” OR “Health” AND “Needs” OR “Needs Assessment” OR “Addressing Needs” AND “Female” OR “Woman” OR “Women” AND “Inmates” OR “Prisoners” OR “Offenders” OR “Convicts”. Results: A total of 10 out of 254 selected, were considered eligible for inclusion and the results showed that the six major themes of mental health needs of women prisoners were treatment of substance, drug, and alcohol abuse, support system, empathy, training, mental illness treatment and access to health services, and health intervention: therapy and counselling. Conclusion: It is recommended for further research to focus more on the problem of access to gender-based mental health services in prisons.

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Gender, Psychiatric Symptomatology, Problem Behaviors and Mental Health Treatment in a Canadian Provincial Correctional Population: Disentangling the Associations between Care and Institutional Control

Cited by 8 publications

References 57 publications

Unearthing Ourselves Upon Prison Release: Corporal Practices and the Pursuit of Health

Unearthing Ourselves Upon Prison Release: Corporal Practices and the Pursuit of Health

Cycle of coercion: experiences of maltreatment and disciplinary measures in Canadian inmates

Women Behind Bars: A Scoping Review of Mental Health Needs in Prison

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