Deuchar, Ross and Densley, James (2023) Exploring the intersection of drug addiction and mental ill-health in Scottish prisons: a qualitative study of incarcerated men. Journal of Drug Issues, Early online, https://doi.org/10.1177/00220426231161282.
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This article presents insights from small-scale qualitative research exploring the intertwining nature of drug addiction and mental ill-health among men in Scottish prisons. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 men in two Scottish prisons. The men’s narratives suggested that increased tension in prison halls had stimulated a huge surge in the use of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), in turn increasing and deepening existing mental ill-health and violence. They believed health care in the prisons to be of low quality, and that methadone was prescribed as a mechanism for social control. Implications for future policy, practice and research are outlined.
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder > Drug use disorder
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health care programme, service or facility > Prison-based health service
MM-MO Crime and law > Crime and violence
MM-MO Crime and law > Justice system > Correctional system and facility > Prison
T Demographic characteristics > Prison Inmate (prisoner)
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland
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