Prison psychiatry

Konrad, Norbert; Welke, Justus; Opitz‐Welke, Annette

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“…This must be contrasted with evidence that for many incarcerated individuals, a prison environment can be protective, and offer more positive opportunities than a life outside of prison. For example, many prisoners experience severe psychological disorders and may not have had access to mental health services when they were community based (Konrad, Welke, & Opitz-Welke, 2012; Way, Kaufman, Knoll, & Chlebowski, 2013). This means that there may be aspects of the prison environment, especially with respect to mental health care, which represent a positive change.…”

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Psychological Characteristics and Predictors of Suicide Probability in High-Risk Prisoners

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Dunn³

et al. 2016

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Suicidal thoughts and behaviors are highly prevalent in prisoners. Nevertheless, there have been scant attempts to understand suicidality in prisoners from a psychological perspective. The goals of this study were to characterize a prison sample at high risk of suicide in terms of hopelessness, defeat, and entrapment, and to determine which of these variables predicted suicidality. A cross-sectional questionnaire design was used. Measures of hopelessness, defeat, entrapment, and suicide probability were administered to male prison inmates in the United Kingdom. Defeat and hopelessness, especially the affective component of hopelessness, predicted the probability of suicide in this sample, but entrapment was not a significant predictor. Suicide risk assessment procedures in prisons tend to be sparse. Such procedures would benefit from using measures of hopelessness and defeat. Future work should aim to understand how the impact of these psychological constructs on suicidality in prisoners can be attenuated.

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Psychological Characteristics and Predictors of Suicide Probability in High-Risk Prisoners

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Tarrier

Dunn³

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Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…The prison environment has unique conditions and characteristics; in general, prison is one of the most stressful places for any human being. 2,3 The study of various psychological and behavioral components of prisoners is one of the main topics of interest to psychologists and social science experts. Surveys show that more than 10.1 million people worldwide and 220,000 people in Iran are in prison, highlighting the importance of investigating their physical and psychological health.…”

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Existential therapy versus acceptance and commitment therapy for feelings of loneliness and irrational beliefs in male prisoners

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Today’s people live in a society with many dangers to their peace and security. The effectiveness of different therapies in psychological variables needs to be evaluated to reach the most precise therapies based on research evidence. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of existential therapy (ET) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in alleviating the loneliness and irrational beliefs of male prisoners. In the present quasi-experimental study, the statistical population consisted of all married male prisoners aged between 25 to 45 years in Mashhad Central Prison in the first half of 2017. Among the statistical population, 36 people were selected and then randomly placed in three research groups. The two experimental groups underwent eight separate intervention sessions, ET, and ACT. At the beginning and end of the study, all of the three groups were evaluated by a research questionnaire, including the loneliness scale. The results of data analysis showed that, in comparison with the control group, the changes in the other two groups under ET and ACT were significant as to the feeling of loneliness and irrational beliefs of prisoners. However, there was no significant difference between the effects of these two treatments. The present research was limited in the case of examining the follow-up stage due to lack of access and cooperation of the subjects, incorporating some control variables (such as the history of substance use and psychiatry), and employing other evaluation methods (e.g., interview). It is highly suggested that future research should address these limitations.

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“…Health services developed in a correctional setting cannot accept to be used as a means of repression. For this reason, the majority of countries worldwide conforming to detention conditions in compliance with international human rights law adhere to the principle of equivalence in prison health care [ 37 , 42 , 48 , 64 , 65 ]. Various international conventions remind us of this principle of equivalence of health care given to detainees, in comparison to the community in general: European Convention on Human Rights, United Nations International Resolutions concerning Standard Minimum rules for treatment of prisoners, Recommendation N°R (98) 7 of the Council of Europe on the Ethical and Organizational aspects of health care in prisoner, Declaration of Tokyo of the World Medical Association, Declaration of Hawaii of the World Psychiatric Association.…”

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Forensic psychiatry, one subspecialty with two ethics? A systematic review

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2018

BMC Med Ethics

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BackgroundForensic psychiatry is a particular subspecialty within psychiatry, dedicated in applying psychiatric knowledge and psychiatric training for particular legal purposes. Given that within the scope of forensic psychiatry, a third party usually intervenes in the patient-doctor relationship, an amendment of the traditional ethical principles seems justified.ResultsThus, 47 articles, two book chapters and the guidelines produced by the World Psychiatric Association, the American Association of Psychiatry and the Law, as well as by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of psychiatrists, were analyzed. The review revealed that the ethics of correctional forensic psychiatry and those of legal forensic psychiatry do not markedly differ from each other, but they are incongruent in terms of implementation.MethodsIn an effort to better understand which ethical principles apply to forensic psychiatry, a chronological review of the literature published from 1950 to 2015 was carried out.ConclusionThe ethics of correctional forensic psychiatry are primarily deontological. The principle of justice translates into the principle of health care equivalence, the principle of beneficence into providing the best possible care to patients, and the principle of respect of autonomy into ensuring confidentiality and informed consent. The ethics of legal forensic psychiatry are rather consequentialist. In this latter setting, the principle of justice is mainly characterized by professionalism, the principle of beneficence by objectivity and impartiality, and the principle of respect of autonomy by informed consent. However, these two distinct fields of forensic psychiatry share in common the principle of non maleficence, defined as the non collaboration of the psychiatrist in any activity leading to inhuman and degrading treatment or to the death penalty.

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Prison psychiatry

Cited by 10 publications

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Psychological Characteristics and Predictors of Suicide Probability in High-Risk Prisoners

Psychological Characteristics and Predictors of Suicide Probability in High-Risk Prisoners

Existential therapy versus acceptance and commitment therapy for feelings of loneliness and irrational beliefs in male prisoners

Forensic psychiatry, one subspecialty with two ethics? A systematic review

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