Gender differences among prisoners in drug treatment

Langan, Neal P.; Pelissier, Bernadette

doi:10.1016/s0899-3289(01)00083-9

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“…Los mismos resultados señalan la necesidad repetidamente reclamada de implantar programas específicos de tratamiento para mujeres en prisión con trastorno por uso de sustancias. Sin embargo, a pesar del incremento en el número de mujeres encarceladas, los centros penitenciarios distan de adaptarse a sus peculiaridades y necesidades (Covington, 2007;Langan y Pelissier, 2001;Mullings, Hartley y Marquart, 2004). Esto es especialmente cierto en las áreas de la salud física y psicológica, en las que las necesidades de las mujeres han sido sistemáticamente ignoradas no sólo por las organizaciones e instituciones penitenciarias, sino por la sociedad en conjunto (Freudenberg, 2002).…”

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Perfil adictivo, delictivo y psicopatológico de una muestra de mujeres en prisión

Lanza

Menéndez²,

García³

et al. 2011

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This study examines the addictive, criminal and psychopathological profile of a sample of 59 women incarcerated in the Villabona prison in Asturias (a region in northern Spain). The instruments administered were the EuropASI, the SCL-90-R and a semi-structured interview.Results showed that the profile is a young, single women with family dependents serving an average of 5 years' imprisonment. Of the total sample, 64.4% met criteria for a substance abuse disorder. We found a statistically significant relationship between the variables use-nonuse and type of crime: women who used substances had committed the most crimes against property and against the socioeconomic order. As regards psychopathology, 44.06% of the sample fulfilled the requirements for clinical case according to Derogatis' (1994) criteria. The results of the SCL-90-R showed that the predominant psychological disorders were, in the following order, depression, somatization, obsessive-compulsive disorder and paranoid ideation. Moreover, in the group of female users, 47.4% had dual pathology. Our results revealed a statistically significant relationship between clinical case and substance use. Finally, statistically significant differences were found between the user and nonuser groups in the EuropASI severity profile. Highest scores were found for the medical, psychiatric and family areas in the user group.Keywords: women, prison, drug abuse, dual diagnosis. RESUMEN ABSTRACTEn este estudio se analiza el perfil adictivo, delictivo y psicopatológico de una muestra de 59 mujeres encarceladas en el Centro Penitenciario (C.P.) de Villabona (Asturias). Para ello se administraron los instrumentos EuropASI, SCL-90-R y una entrevista semiestructurada. Los resultados mostraron que se trata de una mujer joven, soltera y con carga familiar que cumple una condena media de 5 años de encarcelamiento. Del total de la muestra, el 64.4% presentaron criterios para un trastorno por abuso de sustancias. Se halló una relación estadísticamente significativa entre las variables consumo-no consumo y tipo de delito, siendo las mujeres consumidoras las que más delitos contra la propiedad y contra el orden socioeconómico habían cometido. Respecto a la psicopatología, el 44.06% de la muestra cumplía los requisitos de caso clínico de acuerdo a los criterios de Derogatis (1994). Los resultados del SCL-90-R mostraron que los trastornos psicológicos predominantes eran, en este orden, la depresión, la somatización, el trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo y la ideación paranoide. Además, en el grupo de mujeres consumidoras, el 47.4% presentaba patología dual. Se puso en evidencia la relación estadísticamente significativa entre caso clínico y consumo de sustancias. Por último, se observaron diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre los grupos consumo-no consumo de drogas en el perfil de gravedad del EuropASI. Fueron el área médica, familiar y psiquiátrica del grupo consumo las que mayores puntuaciones presentaron.Palabras clave: mujer, prisión, abuso de drogas, patología dual. Perfil...

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Perfil adictivo, delictivo y psicopatológico de una muestra de mujeres en prisión

Lanza

Menéndez²,

García³

et al. 2011

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“…Ramsay (2003) identifies that treatment to address drug misuse can be effective in reducing re-offending particularly when it is of adequate length, meets an individual's needs and is followed through by aftercare (as within community services). It is also argued by Inciardi (1996) and Ramsay (2003) that prisons are 'ideally placed' to deliver target treatment interventions prison-based drug treatment programmes have been developed to address the needs of white opiate using males (Langan and Pelissier, 2001), 'shoehorning' a minority population into a system that is not designed for them (Fawcett Society, 2003). Moreover, overcrowding within the prison estate can only serve to exacerbate these problems.…”

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Different needs: Women's drug use and treatment in the UK

Simpson

McNulty

2008

International Journal of Drug Policy

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“…While studies focusing on substance abuse treatment outcomes in pregnant women are included in the supplementary materials, a full review of treatment outcomes among pregnant women is beyond the scope of this report; several recent reviews of this topic exist (Brady and Ashley, 2005;Finkelstein, 1994;Greenfield and Sugarman, 2001;Grella, 1996;Howell et al, 1999). Similarly, studies of gender differences in treatment outcomes among criminal justice populations have been reviewed elsewhere (Langan and Pelissier, 2001;Pelissier, 2004;Pelissier et al, 2003) and are not included in this review. In addition, while nicotine dependence is a major public health problem among women, it is most often treated in clinical settings (e.g., primary care and other general medical care) (Ockene, 1998;Shin, 1997) that are separate from substance abuse treatment programs.…”

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Substance abuse treatment entry, retention, and outcome in women: A review of the literature

Greenfield

Brooks

Gordon

et al. 2007

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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This paper reviews the literature examining characteristics associated with treatment outcome in women with substance use disorders. A search of the English language literature from 1975 to 2005 using Medline and PsycInfo databases found 280 relevant articles. Ninety percent of the studies investigating gender differences in substance abuse treatment outcomes were published since 1990, and of those, over 40% were published since the year 2000. Only 11.8% of these studies were randomized clinical trials. A convergence of evidence suggests that women with substance use disorders are less likely, over the lifetime, to enter treatment compared to their male counterparts. Once in treatment, however, gender is not a significant predictor of treatment retention, completion, or outcome. Gender-specific predictors of outcome do exist, however, and individual characteristics and treatment approaches can differentially affect outcomes by gender. While women-only treatment is not necessarily more effective than mixed-gender treatment, some greater effectiveness has been demonstrated by treatments that address problems more common to substance-abusing women or that are designed for specific subgroups of this population. There is a need to develop and test effective treatments for specific subgroups such as older women with substance use disorders, as well as those with co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders such as eating disorders. Future research on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of gender-specific versus standard treatments, as well as identification of the characteristics of women and men who can benefit from mixed-gender versus single-gender treatments, would advance the field.

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Gender differences among prisoners in drug treatment

Cited by 186 publications

References 23 publications

Perfil adictivo, delictivo y psicopatológico de una muestra de mujeres en prisión

Perfil adictivo, delictivo y psicopatológico de una muestra de mujeres en prisión

Different needs: Women's drug use and treatment in the UK

Substance abuse treatment entry, retention, and outcome in women: A review of the literature

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