Mental health of prisoners: prevalence, adverse outcomes, and interventions

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 871-881

  Fazel, Seena ^a   Hayes, Adrian J ^a   Bartellas, Katrina ^a   Clerici, Massimo ^b   Trestman, Robert ^c  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AUTOMUTILATION; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DRUG MISUSE; HUMAN; MEDITATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; YOGA; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84983317331     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30142-0     Document Type: Review

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