Mental disorders and cognitive impairment in ageing offenders

Combalbert, Nicolas; Pennequin, Valérie; Ferrand, Claude; Vandevyvère, Rémy; Armand, Marine; Geffray, Brigitte

doi:10.1080/14789949.2016.1244277

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“…Consistent with studies investigating mental health in older prisoners, two of the most prevalent conditions identified were current depression and alcohol abuse (Hayes et al, 2012). Resettlement back into the community, experiences of loss, and the impact of a criminal conviction on relationships and occupations may predispose older probationers to mental health difficulties (Combalbert et al, 2016;Evans & Cubellis, 2015;Forsyth et al, 2014;Hayes, Burns, Turnbull, & Shaw, 2013). Rates of alcohol abuse and dependence were comparable with rates in men aged 45 years and older in the general population (17-30% in a U.K. household survey [McManus et al, 2007]) and older prisoners (Hayes et al, 2012) but lower than rates identified in younger probationers (56% [Brooker et al, 2012]).…”

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“…No differences were found between these groups or when compared with data from older community controls (Fazel, O'Donnell, Hope, Gulati, & Jacoby, 2007). This has been recently confirmed in an Australian study (Rodriguez & Ellis, 2017), but other research reports contrasting findings (Combalbert et al, 2016).…”

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“…The inhibition condition on this test simulates the traditional Stroop task (and will be referred to as the Stroop test). It has good reliability and validity and has been used widely in research with offending groups, including probationers and elderly prisoners (Brooker et al, 2012;Combalbert et al, 2016;Lurigio et al, 2003;Rivlin, Hawton, Marzano, & Fazel, 2010). The D-KEFS color-word interference test has acceptable validity and reliability (Delis et al, 2001) and has been used with offender samples (Broomhall, 2005 for different psychiatric disorders and symptoms.…”

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“…Participants are asked to produce as many words spontaneously as they can in 1 minute, following prespecified rules. The Verbal Fluency tests have been used in a range of studies with offender samples (Morgan & Lilienfeld, 2000), including older offenders (Combalbert et al, 2016;Fazel et al, 2007). The D-KEFS Letter and Category Fluency tests have acceptable validity and reliability (Delis et al, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…for different psychiatric disorders and symptoms. It has good reliability and validity and has been used widely in research with offending groups, including probationers and elderly prisoners (Brooker et al, 2012;Combalbert et al, 2016;Lurigio et al, 2003;Rivlin, Hawton, Marzano, & Fazel, 2010).…”

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Psychiatric disorders, substance use, and executive functioning in older probationers

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Bates

Hayes

et al. 2018

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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Background: Although the number of older people serving community sentences (probation) after conviction for a criminal offence in England and Wales has increased rapidly since about 2006, this population has received little research attention. Aim: To examine the mental health, substance use, and executive functioning of older probationers. Methods: Thirty-two male probationers aged 50 years and older were recruited from probation services in the Thames Valley, England, and administered validated semistructured interviews for psychiatric disorders, symptom checklists for depression and substance use, cognitive impairment screens, and neuropsychological tests of executive functioning (examining verbal fluency and response inhibition).Results: We found that older probationers presented with a high prevalence of mental health difficulties (overall caseness n = 22; 69%, 95% CI ) that exceed estimates in the older general population. Prevalences of depression (25%) or alcohol abuse or dependence (19%) were found to be high. In comparison with normative data, however, older probationers did not present with deficits in tested executive functioning.Conclusions and implications for practice: Mental health and substance use problems were more prominent than cognitive deficits in this sample of older probationers. Further work should include older community controls to inform service planning and to determine how these mental health factors interact with offending.

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