"From the prison door right to the sidewalk, everything went downhill," A qualitative study of the health experiences of recently released inmates

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 249-255

  Binswanger, Ingrid A ^a,b   Nowels, Carolyn ^a   Corsi, Karen F ^a   Long, Jeremy ^a,b   Booth, Robert E ^a   Kutner, Jean ^a   Steiner, John F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic mental health; Prison re entry; Prisoners; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH HAZARD; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRISONER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORADO; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRISONERS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052521657     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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