Prevalence of mental disorder in remand prisoners: consecutive case study

Birmingham, Luke; Mason, Debbie; Грубин, Дон

doi:10.1136/bmj.313.7071.1521

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“…The present study showed a very high distribution of psychiatric disorders in the examined prison population, with prevalence rates similar to those reported by the previous North-American studies (Cotè & Hodgins, 1990;Gunn, Maden, & Swinton, 1991;Jordan et al, 1996) and higher than the results of European studies (Gunn et al, 1991;Maden, Swinton, & Gunn, 1994) on prisoners on remand (Birmingham, Mason, & Grubin, 1996).…”

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confidence: 72%

Mental disorders and request for psychiatric intervention in an Italian local jail

Zoccali

Muscatello

Bruno

et al. 2008

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

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The issue of the prevalence of psychiatric illnesses in Italian prison samples has not received the same attention paid at an international level. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders diagnosed according to DSM-III-R criteria among an Italian prisoner population, and to examine prisoners' requests for psychiatric intervention in relationship to the presence or absence of different psychiatric disorders. One hundred fortytwo Italian male subjects from the Casa Circondariale of Messina, Italy, were evaluated using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Non-Patient Version -SCID I and SCID II. A very high rate of disorders was found among inmates: 85.2% (n = 121) of the sample were affected by a psychiatric disorder. Of the total sample, 51.4% (n = 73) had requested psychiatric treatment during detention. The detection, diagnosis and treatment of the mentally ill prisoners is a primary goal for a better organization of services and prison settings; screening procedures for evaluating the presence of psychiatric disorders, with the aim to promote differential strategies for the care and rehabilitation of inmates, are needed.

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confidence: 72%

Mental disorders and request for psychiatric intervention in an Italian local jail

Zoccali

Muscatello

Bruno

et al. 2008

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

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“…The commonest diagnosis in this study group was substance use disorder 45%, which is in keeping with other studies in India by Kumar et al [12] and Birmingham et al [13] , Steadman et al [14] abroad. Adjustment Disorders (36%) formed the next largest group, were higher than seen in the studies done by Ayirolimeethal et al [15] and Fido et al [16] .…”

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confidence: 73%

Psychiatric Co-morbidities and Management Outcomes in Mentally Ill Prisoners

Dsouza¹

2018

IJLSSR

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ABSTRACT-Background:The occurrence of psychiatric disorders is more in the prisoners than in general population. Co-morbidity is seen to be an important and complex entity in clinical assessment of mental state competence (diminished mental capacity, temporary insanity and insanity) in the offenders at the time of the offence. It has a great role in determining all possible options in future treatment of violent offenders. Aim: This research article is focused on the co-morbid psychiatric diagnoses and the treatment outcomes in the mentally ill prisoners referred to the tertiary care mental health facility. Materials and Method: Total 100 mentally ill prisoners referred to the tertiary care psychiatric hospital during the study period (Jan 2015 -Dec 2015) was the sample size. It was a prospective study and the sampling method was of the purposive type. Results: Besides their primary diagnosis, the referred prisoners had more than one co-morbid psychiatric diagnosis in 46% of the cases. The most frequent co-occurring conditions were learning disabilities, personality disorders, and substance use disorders. The outcomes for the psychiatric conditions were positive as patients responded well to the line of management. Conclusion:The study provides valuable data to understand the mental health needs and the treatment gaps in this population so as to plan adequate services to tackle these issues.

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“…There was no consideration of the severity of these depressive episodes in terms of the usual diagnostic divisions and indeed they were assessed only by lay interviewers, whereas the prisoners with psychosis were interviewed by clinicians. A further large study of remand prisoners in England also distinguished between mood disorders with and without psychosis and found that 0.7% of the prisoners had affective psychosis and 2.3% had a major mood disorder (Birmingham 1996). A US study interviewing male prisoners found that the rates of schizophrenia, major depression and mania were two to three times higher than in the general population, even after controlling for ethnicity and age (Teplin 1990).…”

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confidence: 99%

Mood disorders and violence: a new focus

Oakley¹,

Hynes²,

Clark³

2009

Adv. psychiatr. treat

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SummaryViolent behaviour in people with a psychiatric disorder causes great public concern and leads to stigma for people with mental illness. There is good evidence for a correlation between schizophrenia and increased rates of violence but any association between mood disorders and violence has been comparatively overlooked. It appears that there may be more evidence relating mood disorders and violence than many clinicians realise. This article highlights the difficulties in assessing this, summarises what is known and discusses what this means for clinical practice.

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Prevalence of mental disorder in remand prisoners: consecutive case study

Cited by 227 publications

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Mental disorders and request for psychiatric intervention in an Italian local jail

Mental disorders and request for psychiatric intervention in an Italian local jail

Psychiatric Co-morbidities and Management Outcomes in Mentally Ill Prisoners

Mood disorders and violence: a new focus

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