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Managing Mentally Ill Inmates in Prisons
Mentally ill inmates now comprise a substantial portion of the prison population and pose administrative and therapeutic challenges to prison administrators and mental health professionals. Some evidence suggests that both the size of the population and the seriousness of their illnesses are increasing. Given this context, several issues are highlighted and discussed in terms of contemporary ef...
متن کاملCompulsory psychiatric treatment of inmates in prisons in Russia
According to article 99 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation those persons who are imprisoned for different crimes but at the same time suffer from psychiatric disorders may receive compulsory treatment by the decision of the court. It is necessary to emphasize that these psychiatric disorders are not serious and that is why they do not exclude responsibility for the crimes committed....
متن کاملA psychiatric ward run by inmates in a prison setting.
The role of psychiatry in prisons has attracted much interest in recent years. Very little has bcen reported. howcver. about the practicc of in-patient psychiatry in prisons. 'Vhat has been written has dealt mostly with (I) the difficulties of cstablishing a psychiatric ward and (2) the perpctual conflict bctwccn the p,ychiatrically orientcd physician and staff and the custody-oriclltcd guards ...
متن کاملPrevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among inmates of Quebec provincial prisons.
BACKGROUND To determine the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and examine risk factors for these infections among inmates in Quebec provincial prisons. METHODS Anonymous cross-sectional data were collected from January to June 2003 for men (n = 1357) and women (n = 250) who agreed to participate in the study and who completed a self-administrated questionnaire and provi...
متن کامل[HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis infection in inmates of Venezuela's prisons, 1998-2001].
OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of HIV, Hepatitis B and syphilis amongst inmates during the time period 1998-2001. MATERIALS AND METHODS Descriptive, cross-sectional study carried out at 6 prisons using a volunteer sample of 1773 inmates. Blood samples were gathered and analysed using enzyme linked immunoassays (ELISA) and RPR screening tests to identify the presence of HIV antibodies, ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current History
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0011-3530
DOI: 10.1525/curh.2019.118.811.298