Mental Health Issues of Incarcerated Women

Veysey, Bonita M.

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“…Family members providing care for the inmate's children during her incarceration may emotionally abuse the inmate during family visits and phone calls by threatening to limit her access to the children. Once incarcerated, the prison environment, including the often constant harassing and powerless nature of confinement coupled with commonly used security measures (such as pat‐downs and strip searches, lack of privacy, and isolation) may retraumatize women by activating the traumatic memories of abuse (Veysey, 2010) and trigger maladaptive prison behaviors, including self‐injury, suicide attempts, and/or aggressive acts (Dirks, 2004). Trauma during incarceration also might include physical and sexual assault by prison staff or other inmates (Blackburn, Mullings, & Marquart, 2008; Struckman‐Johnson & Struckman‐Johnson, 2002, 2006; Wolff, Blitz, Shi, Bachman, & Siegel, 2006; Wolff, Jing, & Bachman, 2008; Wolff, Shi, & Siegel, 2009).…”

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“…Amanda's concerns, which initially presented as primarily gynecologic in nature, exemplify that prior issues of victimization and trauma often underlie the presenting complaint. Simply stated, incarcerated women are not “single issue people” (Veysey, 2010, p. 246). Without appropriate identification and care, childhood or adult PTSD as well as other comorbid disorders might be exacerbated with incarceration.…”

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Using a Trauma‐Informed Framework to Care for Incarcerated Women

Harner

Burgess

2011

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing

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Using a Trauma‐Informed Framework to Care for Incarcerated Women

Harner

Burgess

2011

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing

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The Multidimensionality of “Pains of Imprisonment” Among Incarcerated Women in Israel

Soffer

Ajzenstadt

2010

Women & Health

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This study re-examined Gresham Sykes's initial conceptualization of "pains of imprisonment" as it applied to women inmates. It contextualized these pains within the women's social experiences both inside and outside the only women's prison in Israel. Semi-structured interviews with 42 female prisoners were conducted. Two counter-themes emerged from our analysis. The first one portrayed prison as punishment, a "painful condition," a stressful event that included deprivation, negative meaning, suffering, and pain. The opposite--and more dominant--theme framed incarceration as a positive experience, during which the prisoners received nurturing, care, and treatment, which they had not been afforded in the outside world. We found that "pains of imprisonment" was a multidimensional and complex phenomena that included contradicting emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. "Pains of imprisonment" was part of a larger group of pains that extended beyond the time and place of prison.

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Medicalización psiquiátrica en tres prisiones femeninas brasileras: un abordaje etnográfico sobre los itinerarios de criminalización, patologización y farmacologización

Ordóñez-Vargas

Cortés-García

2020

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Este artículo analiza los procesos de medicalización psiquiátrica de las mujeres dentro de tres prisiones femeninas brasileñas, desde los campos de la salud mental, la antropología del confinamiento y los estudios de género. Se llevó a cabo un estudio cualitativo de carácter etnográfico (de octubre de 2006 a febrero de 2007) con observación participante, conversaciones informales, entrevistas semiestructuradas y relatos de vida. Entendidos como dispositivos estatales de poder, los procesos de medicalización psiquiátrica están marcados por tres itinerarios: criminalización masiva de mujeres, patologización (de la criminalidad femenina) y farmacologización psiquiátrica (en especial, a través de la administración de fármacos psicoactivos). Estos procesos instauran un círculo vicioso que perpetúa o produce los trastornos psiquiátricos que pretende curar, alimentando el uso y consumo de drogas (ilícitas-lícitas-ilícitas) y su vinculación con la ilegalidad, y permiten ver cómo el género, intersectado con otras categorías de diferenciación, influye en la producción de enfermedades mentales, las cuales deben ser tratadas como un problema de salud pública que se extiende más allá de los muros de las prisiones femeninas.

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Mental Health Issues of Incarcerated Women

Cited by 3 publications

References 29 publications

Using a Trauma‐Informed Framework to Care for Incarcerated Women

Using a Trauma‐Informed Framework to Care for Incarcerated Women

The Multidimensionality of “Pains of Imprisonment” Among Incarcerated Women in Israel

Medicalización psiquiátrica en tres prisiones femeninas brasileras: un abordaje etnográfico sobre los itinerarios de criminalización, patologización y farmacologización

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