Growth of Mental Health Services in State Adult Correctional Facilities, 1988 to 2000

Manderscheid, Ronald W.; Gravesande, Aliya; Goldstrom, Ingrid D.

doi:10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.869

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“…Yet, in-prison services have not expanded sufficiently to meet treatment needs. In fact, between 1988 and 2000, prison mental health services declined and those services that are available are concentrated only in the most secure facilities (Manderscheid, Gravesande, & Goldstrom, 2004). In a recent multi-site study of men and women exiting prison, 41% of women reported receiving some type of mental health treatment while incarcerated and treatment receipt did not improve after release (Broner, Lattimore, & Steffey, 2010).…”

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Reentry Challenges Facing Women with Mental Health Problems

Visher

Bakken

2014

Women & Health

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Women entering the correctional system represent a population at high risk for mental health and the body of research on the mental health needs of women offenders is growing. These mental health problems pose challenges for women at every stage of the criminal justice process, from arrest to incarceration to community reentry and reintegration. In this article, we examined mental health status among a sample of 142 women leaving confinement and the role that mental health problems played in shaping their reentry outcomes using data collected between 2002 and 2005 in Houston, Texas. In the year after leaving prison, women with mental health problems reported poorer health, more hospitalizations, more suicidal thoughts, greater difficulties securing housing and employment, more involvement in criminal behavior, and less financial support from family than women with no indication of mental health problems. However, mental health status did not increase the likelihood of substance use relapse or reincarceration. The article concludes with a discussion of recommendations for improved policy and practice.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Reentry Challenges Facing Women with Mental Health Problems

Visher

Bakken

2014

Women & Health

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“…Studies have indicated that psychiatric morbidity and disorders are common in prison populations resulting in increased mental healthcare needs among inmates (Ogunlesi, 1990;Agbahowe, Ogunlesi, Osahon, & Ohaeri, 1998;Otakpo & Askia, 2000;Fazel & Danesh, 2002;Manderscheid, Gravesande, & Goldstrom, 2004). According to Fazel and Danesh (2002), several million prisoners probably have serious mental disorders worldwide, but how well prison services are addressing these problems is not known.…”

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Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among inmates of a borstal institution in Nigeria

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Yussuf

Ajiboye

et al. 2009

International Journal of Prisoner Health

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Studies have reported increased psychiatric morbidity among young detainees, with as many as three-quarters reported to have one or more psychiatric disorders. Despite this, however, there is a dearth of published work among young inmates of prisons, remand homes or borstal institutions in Nigeria. The aim of this study was to assess possible psychiatric morbidity among young inmates of a borstal institution in Nigeria and to determine the factors that may be associated with this morbidity. Fifty-three inmates of one of the two existing borstal institution in Nigeria were assessed for psychiatric morbidity using the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). The GHQ-12 scores were compared with the socio-demographic factors of the respondents. Twenty-eight (52.8%) of the inmates were over 18 years old, 35.8% were in the middle position within the family, 62.3% were of Christian faith, and 64.2% had their parents still living together. Seventeen (32.1%) of the inmates were from Hausa ethnic extraction, 58.5% stayed for more than 6 months at the borstal institution, and 81.1% were brought to the institution by their parents. The mean age of the inmates was 17.3 years (range, 14-23 years) and 26 (49.1%) of them were GHQ-positive. There was no statistically significant difference between the mean age of GHQ-positive and GHQ-negative inmates (F=1.73, p=0.19), and none of the socio-demographic variables were significantly associated with psychiatric morbidity (i.e. GHQ-12 positivity). The study observed a high prevalence of undetected psychiatric morbidity among inmates at the borstal institution. Efforts should be intensified by the authority responsible for managing the Nigerian prison services (including the borstal institutions) to improve mental health services.

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“…Though many factors contribute to the rise of the inmate census, a portion of the increase is related to an influx of mentally ill people with insufficient care options (Lamb & Weinberger, 1998;Manderscheid, Gravesande, & Goldstrom, 2004).…”

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“…In a review of the growth and availability of mental health services in state correctional facilities, Manderscheid, Gravesande, and Goldstrom (2004) stated that "a disproportionate number of inmates are likely to be mentally ill compared with the general population" (p. 870). Furthermore, within the prison population, female inmates are more than twice as likely to suffer from a severe mental disorder as their male counterparts (Brinks, 2005).…”

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“…Though mental health treatment is subordinate to the main priority of security (Manderscheid, Gravesande, & Goldstrom, 2004) However, prison mental health services are not keeping pace with the prison population growth explosion (Manderscheid, Gravesande, & Goldstrom, 2004). Some studies indicate that only a fraction of incarcerated women who need mental health services actually receive them (Teplin, Abram, & McClelland, 1997).…”

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Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among inmates of a borstal institution in Nigeria

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