Data Confirm MH Crisis Growing in U.S. Prisons

Bender, Eve

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“…More than half (55%) of the 2.3 million prison and jail inmates have reported symptoms of mental disorders (James & Glaze, 2006). Moreover, the severity of mental disorders of those incarcerated is increasing (Bender, 2006). Although some inmates suffer from depression and are withdrawn and unsociable, others exhibit severe behavioral dyscontrol manifested in assaultive, suicidal, or self-injurious behavior (Human Rights Watch, 2003).…”

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A Process Evaluation of START NOW Skills Training for Inmates With Impulsive and Aggressive Behaviors

Shelton

Wakai

2011

J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc

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A Process Evaluation of START NOW Skills Training for Inmates With Impulsive and Aggressive Behaviors

Shelton

Wakai

2011

J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc

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“…Kane[ 11 ] found in his studies that more than 8 in 10 prisoners have chronic physical, mental or substance abuse conditions. Richard Nakamura and others[ 10 12 13 ] showed that one million or 8% of jail bookings annually involve persons with severe mental illness. A more recent study of the Chicago jail[ 10 12 13 ] revealed that 6% of males and 12% of females entering the system had severe mental disorders, including schizophrenia, mania and major depression.…”

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Adjustment and mental health problem in prisoners

Sinha¹

2010

Ind Psychiatry J

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Background:“Crime” is increasing day by day in our society not only in India but also all over the world. In turn, the number of prisoners is also increasing at the same rate. They remain imprisoned for a long duration or in some cases for the whole life. Living in a prison for long time becomes difficult for all inmates. So they often face adjustment and mental health problems. Recent findings suggest that mental illness rate in prison is three times higher than in the general population.Objective:The aim of the present study was to investigate the adjustment and the mental health problem and its relation in the prisoners.Materials and Methods:In the present study, 37 male prisoners of district jail of Dhanbad District of Jharkhand were selected on purposive sampling basis. Each prisoner was given specially designed Performa – Personal Data Sheet, General Health Questionnaire-12 and Bell Adjustment Inventory. Appropriate statistical tools were used to analyze the data.Results:The results obtained showed poor adjustment in social and emotional areas on the adjustment scale. The study also revealed a significant association between adjustment and mental health problem in the prisoners.Conclusion:The prisoners were found to have poor social and emotional adjustment which has strong association with their mental health.

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“…For instance, service inadequacies and inaccessibility are prominent in research arguing in favor of equivalent standards of care in prisons compared to the community (Exworthy et al., 2012). In the US, where equivalency seems unachievable, it is still widely acknowledged that gaps in service, though inconsistent, are widespread (Bender, 2006) and access to services and therapeutically oriented professionals is emphasized as necessary for improvement (Metzner, 2012). Delaying or denying medical treatment and anti-therapeutic staff attitudes are common experiences of aging female inmates in the US (Aday & Farney, 2014).…”

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“…Nationally representative data sets for US prisoner health are difficult to locate (Ahalt, Binswanger, Steinman, Tulsky, & Williams, 2012), but many concerns are present. For instance, mental health problems among jail inmates, state and federal prisoners are 60%, 49% and 40%, respectively, yet only 17% of jail inmates and 34% of state prisoners receive care during incarceration (Bender, 2006). Additionally, the unprecedented rise in the older US prison population is of great concern as facilities struggle to deliver the legal minimum standard of care (Aday & Farney, 2014; Ahalt, Trestman, Rich, Greifinger, & Williams, 2013; Williams, Stern, Mellow, Safer, & Greifinger, 2012).…”

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Environmental influences on services for and mental health of incarcerated populations: A review

Terry

Praetorius

Nordberg

2016

Journal of Social Work

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There has been growing concern about the quality of health services, including mental health services, within the world’s and prisons. The purpose of the current qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis (QIMS) is to examine the prison environment and how it influences the mental health services delivered to prisoners. It is the hope of these authors that with this QIMS, knowledge improvements and modifications to current policies and practices can begin to take shape. A total of five studies published between 2003 and 2013 were utilized for this QIMS. Participants in all five studies included males and females incarcerated in England, Wales, and the United States. Three overarching themes were identified after analysis: difficulties with accessing services, difficulties with primary staff, and isolation. In each overarching theme, sub-themes are reviewed in detail. These three broad categories are discussed in relation to the person-in-environment system, demonstrating its application in an incarcerated setting.

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Data Confirm MH Crisis Growing in U.S. Prisons

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A Process Evaluation of START NOW Skills Training for Inmates With Impulsive and Aggressive Behaviors

A Process Evaluation of START NOW Skills Training for Inmates With Impulsive and Aggressive Behaviors

Adjustment and mental health problem in prisoners

Environmental influences on services for and mental health of incarcerated populations: A review

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