Mental Health Issues Among Pregnant Women in Correctional Facilities: A Systematic Review

Mukherjee, Soumyadeep; Pierre-Victor, Dudith; Bahelah, Raed; Madhivanan, Purnima

doi:10.1080/03630242.2014.932894

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“…Previous studies had already demonstrated worse social conditions 3,15,20,26 , the elevated prevalence of smoking 6,15,26,27 , alcohol and drug use 15,21,26,27 and mental disturbances 27 in incarcerated women.…”

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Prevalence of syphilis and HIV infection during pregnancy in incarcerated women and the incidence of congenital syphilis in births in prison in Brazil

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Prevalence of syphilis and HIV infection during pregnancy in incarcerated women and the incidence of congenital syphilis in births in prison in Brazil

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“…In addition, a small number of studies have focused on psychiatric morbidity in prisoners at specialised mother and baby units 73…”

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Mental health of prisoners: prevalence, adverse outcomes, and interventions

Fazel

Hayes

Bartellas

et al. 2016

The Lancet Psychiatry

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More than 10 million people are imprisoned worldwide, and the prevalence of all investigated mental disorders is higher in prisoners than in the general population. Although the extent to which prison increases the incidence of mental disorders is uncertain, considerable evidence suggests low rates of identification and treatment of psychiatric disorders. Prisoners are also at increased risk of all-cause mortality, suicide, self-harm, violence, and victimisation, and research has outlined some modifiable risk factors. Few high quality treatment trials have been done on psychiatric disorders in prisoners. Despite this lack of evidence, trial data have shown that opiate substitution treatments reduce substance misuse relapse and possibly reoffending. The mental health needs of women and older adults in prison are distinct, and national policies should be developed to meet these. In this Review, we present clinical, research, and policy recommendations to improve mental health care in prisons. National attempts to meet these recommendations should be annually surveyed.

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“…Imprisonment during pregnancy may have negative impacts on the mental health and wellbeing of women, particularly for Indigenous mothers, as a consequence of being separated from family and country during their pregnancy [ 42 ]. There is evidence that maternal stress in pregnancy can impact on birth outcomes [ 43 , 44 ].…”

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Determinants of infant mortality for children of women prisoners: a longitudinal linked data study

Dowell¹,

Mejía²,

Preen³

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BackgroundThere is limited information on the determinants of infant mortality outcomes for the children of women prisoners. This study aimed to explore determinants of infant mortality for Indigenous and non-Indigenous children, with a specific focus on maternal imprisonment during pregnancy as a risk factor.MethodsUsing linked administrative data we obtained a longitudinal sample of 42,674 infants born in Western Australia between October 1985 and June 2013. Data were analysed by maternal contact with corrective services, including; (i) imprisonment during pregnancy, (ii) imprisonment before (but not during) pregnancy, (iii) imprisonment after birth, (iv) community-based correctional orders (but no imprisonment), and (v) no corrections record. Infant mortality rates were calculated. Univariate and multivariate log-binomial regression was undertaken to identify key demographic and pregnancy-related risk factors for infant mortality. Risk factor prevalence was calculated for infants by maternal corrections history.Results430 Indigenous and 116 non-Indigenous infants died aged 0–12 months. For singletons, infant mortality rates were highest in Indigenous infants with mothers imprisoned during pregnancy (32.1 per 1000) and non-Indigenous infants whose mothers were first imprisoned after birth (14.2 per 1000). For all Indigenous children, the strongest determinants of infant mortality were: abruptio placentae and other placental disorders (RR = 2.85; 95%CI 1.46–5.59; p = 0.002), maternal imprisonment during pregnancy (RR = 2.55; 95%CI 1.69–3.86; p < 0.001), and multiple gestation (RR = 2.29; 95% CI1.51–3.46; p < 0.001). Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants with mothers imprisoned at any time, and particularly before or during pregnancy, experienced higher prevalence of key pregnancy risk factors.ConclusionsThis is the first comprehensive study of the determinants of infant mortality for children of women prisoners. Infants with any maternal corrections history, including community-based orders or imprisonment outside of pregnancy, had increased infant mortality. Indigenous infants whose mothers were imprisoned during pregnancy were at particular risk. There was a low incidence of infant death in the non-Indigenous sample which limited the investigation of the impact of the specific aspects of maternal corrections history on infant mortality. Non-Indigenous Infants whose mothers were imprisoned before or during pregnancy experienced higher prevalence of pregnancy risk factors than infants of mothers first imprisoned after birth.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12884-018-1840-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Mental Health Issues Among Pregnant Women in Correctional Facilities: A Systematic Review

Cited by 34 publications

References 42 publications

Prevalence of syphilis and HIV infection during pregnancy in incarcerated women and the incidence of congenital syphilis in births in prison in Brazil

Prevalence of syphilis and HIV infection during pregnancy in incarcerated women and the incidence of congenital syphilis in births in prison in Brazil

Mental health of prisoners: prevalence, adverse outcomes, and interventions

Determinants of infant mortality for children of women prisoners: a longitudinal linked data study

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