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Linehan, Sally A and Duffy, Dearbhla M and Wright, Brenda and Curtin, Katherine and Monks, Stephen and Kennedy, Harry G (2005) Psychiatric morbidity in a cross sectional sample of male remanded prisoners. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 22, (4), pp. 128-132. https://doi.org/10.1017/S079096670000923X.

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The aim of this research was to estimate the psychiatric service requirements for the remand population. We interviewed 232 (42.6%) men, a rep-resentative sample of men on remand, using the SADS-L, SODQ and a structured demographic interview. We found high rates of psychiatric morbidity in our sample. The six month prevalence of psychosis was 7.6%, almost twice the rate in a recent international meta-analysis. Major depressive disorder was present in 10.1% (six month prevalence). Substance misuse problems were also common but there was no significant difference between rates of substance misuse in psychotic and non-psychotic prisoners. A total of 31.2% had a lifetime history of any mental illness (excluding substance misuse, adjustment disorder and personality disorder). The high levels of psychiatric morbidity detected in our sample indicate a substantial unmet need for mental health services and addiction treatment services for the mentally ill in Irish prisons.


Item Type
Article
Publication Type
Irish-related, Open Access, Article
Drug Type
All substances
Date
2005
Identification #
https://doi.org/10.1017/S079096670000923X
Call No
MO4.12, GA2.4
Page Range
pp. 128-132
Publisher
Medmedia Group
Volume
22
Number
4
Notes
Reproduced by kind permission of Medmedia Group
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Accession Number
HRB 3123 (Electronic Only)
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