Prison mental health inreach services

Engagement with Mental Health Services on Release from Prison

The periods leading up to and immediately following release from prison are highly stressful for prisoners, with uncertainty regarding their personal affairs (e.g. housing, benefits, family relationships) and legal restrictions [1] complicating arrangements for their return to the community. There is an increased frequency of severe negative health outcomes in the immediate post-release period ...

Identification and management of prisoners with severe psychiatric illness by specialist mental health services.

BACKGROUND The prevalence of mental disorders among prisoners is considerably higher than in the general population. This is an important public health issue as the vast majority of prisoners stay in custody for less than 9 months and, when not in prison, offenders' lifestyles are frequently chaotic, characterized by social exclusion, instability and unemployment. Multi-disciplinary mental heal...

Mental Health Among Jail and Prison Inmates

Previous studies provide insight into the mental health of jail and prison inmates, but this research does not compare the two groups of inmates. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, this article examines how the association between incarceration and self-reported mental health varies by facility type, net of an array of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. ...

Examining relationships between receiving mental health services in the Pennsylvania prison system and time served.

OBJECTIVES This study examined a cohort of 7,046 men who were released from the Pennsylvania State prison system between 1999 and 2002 to Philadelphia County to assess the relationships between receipt of mental health services in prison and prison exit. METHODS Administrative data on prison stays for 7,046 men released from Pennsylvania prisons to Philadelphia locations were analyzed. RESU...

Mental Health Services