Gender-specific behavioral health and community release patterns among New Jersey prison inmates: Implications for treatment and community reentry

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1741-1746

  Blitz, Cynthia L ^a   Wolff, Nancy ^b   Pan, Ko Yu ^b   Pogorzelski, Wendy ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY REENTRY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; PRISON; PRISONER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELING; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW JERSEY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 25444443336     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.059733     Document Type: Article

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