Mental health in prisons: great difficulties but are there opportunities?

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 410-414

  Fraser, A ^a   Gatherer, A ^b   Hayton, P ^c  

^a SCOTTISH PRISON SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b WHO Health in Prisons Project and former DPH   (United Kingdom)

^c WHO Collaborating Centre for Health in Prisons   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DISABILITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRISONERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 66949134684     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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