Mental health and health-care use of detainees in police custody

Dorn, Tina; Ceelen, Manon; Buster, Marcel; Stirbu, Irina; Donker, G.A.; Das, Kees

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2014.06.005

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“…Large numbers of these detainees have histories of contact with psychiatric services or present with active psychiatric symptoms when they are clinically reviewed. These findings are broadly consistent with samples from other parts of the criminal justice system, in the United Kingdom, and overseas (Baksheev, Thomas, & Ogloff, ; Dorn et al, ; Ogloff, Warren, Tye, Blaher, & Thomas, ). There is also an overrepresentation of neurodevelopmental problems, including intellectual disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, among police detainees (Young, Goodwin, Sedgwick, & Gudjonsson, ).…”

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Mental health in the criminal justice system: A pathways approach to service and research design

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Hopkin

2019

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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Mental health in the criminal justice system: A pathways approach to service and research design

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2019

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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“…19 All ATC codes except the prescriptions belonging to the ATC category 'Nervous System' were analysed due to the focus on somatic health problems in the current study (4912 codes belonging to 2173 consultations; 50% of all ATC codes). 20 Reference data regarding ICPC diagnoses and ATC codes from the LINH for the year 2009 were obtained. 21 LINH collects data about morbidity, contacts, drug prescriptions and referrals using a network of general practitioner practices, which is representative of the Dutch population concerning age, sex and urbanisation degree.…”

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Health-care issues and health-care use among detainees in police custody

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et al. 2012

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

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Epidemiological research on the physical health status of police detainees is scarce. The present study fills this gap by first studying the somatic reasons for consultation (n = 4396) and related prescriptions (n = 4912) as assessed by the forensic medical service during police detainment. Secondly, a health interview survey was conducted among randomly selected police detainees (n = 264) to collect information regarding their recent disease history and use of health care. Somatic health problems, medical consumption and health risk measures of the detainees were compared with those seen in the general population using general practitioner records and community health survey data. The study showed that, in police detainment, several chronic health conditions more often were the reason for consultation than in the general practice setting. In addition, the health interview survey data demonstrated that after adjustment for age and gender, the police detainees were 1.6 times more likely to suffer from one or more of the studied chronic diseases than the members from the general population. Furthermore, differences in several health risk measures, including body mass index, smoking and alcohol habits and health-care use were observed between the interviewed police detainees and the general population. These results provide insight into the variety of physical health problems of police detainees and are essential to develop optimal treatment strategies in police custody.

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“…Complexity and mixed pathology across domains have emerged as key themes (Rekrut-Lapa & Lapa, 2014;McKinnon & Grubin, 2010;PayneJames, Green, Green, McLachlan, Munro & Moore, 2010). High levels of substance use and dependence have been identified, with a wide range of substances (both legal and illegal) being consumed, and serious problems arising in police stations as a consequence of both substance intoxication and withdrawal (Clement, Gerardin, Victorri, Guigand, Wainstein & Jolliet, 2013;Dorn, Ceelen, Buster, Stirbu, Donker & Das, 2014;Coulton, Newbury-Birch, Cassidy, Dale, Deluca, Gilvarry, Godfrey, Heather, Kaner & Oyefeso, 2012;Payne-James, Wall & Bailey, 2005;Pearson, Robertson & Gibb, 2000). Substance use also plays an important role in deaths and near miss incidents in police custody suites (Best, Havis, Payne-James & Stark, 2006).…”

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Demographic and clinical characteristics of 1092 consecutive police custody mental health referrals

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Samele

Slade

et al. 2016

The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology

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The 43 police forces in England and Wales have made over 13 million arrests in the last decade. Yet despite this high volume criminal justice system activity, and evidence of substantial health morbidity across the criminal justice pathway, mental health services in police custody have so far only been developed in patches, and the literature in this area is limited. Referrals (n=1092) to a pilot mental health service operating across two police stations in a London borough were examined over an 18-month period in 2012/13. The referred group had high levels of mental health and substance misuse problems (including acute mental illness, intoxication and withdrawal), selfharm, suicide risk and vulnerability, with some important gender differences. Although this work has limitations, the findings are broadly consistent with the small existing literature and they confirm the need for services that are sufficiently resourced to meet the presenting needs.Abstract word count = 145

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Mental health and health-care use of detainees in police custody

Abstract: The magnitude of mental health problems among police detainees has significant implications for the qualifications of police health staff and those who provide health care in the police setting especially concerning substance abuse.

Cited by 21 publications

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Mental health in the criminal justice system: A pathways approach to service and research design

Mental health in the criminal justice system: A pathways approach to service and research design

Health-care issues and health-care use among detainees in police custody

Demographic and clinical characteristics of 1092 consecutive police custody mental health referrals

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