Psychiatric morbidity among women prisoners newly committed and amongst remanded and sentenced women in the Irish prison system

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 47-53

  Wright, Brenda ^a   Duffy, Dearbhla ^a   Curtin, Katherine ^a   Linehan, Sally ^a   Monks, Stephen ^a   Kennedy, Harry G ^a  

^a CENTRAL MENTAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Irish prison system; Psychiatric morbidity; Women prisoners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 33745843636     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: 07909667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700009575     Document Type: Review

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