The Alcatraz prison, with its picturesque surroundings and fascinating life stories of its inmates, has been the subject of a number of films and publications. The authors take a closer look at the biographies of "Al Capone", Robert "Birdman" Stroud and "Mickey" Cohen. These legendary American mobsters shared not only a history at "The Rock", but also a history of neuropsychiatric diseases, ran...

In the period of traditional Lanna in 19th century, Chiang Mai was a major city region and vassal state Siam. Under custom, only sent tribute to supreme power which Bangkok had full rightfulness govern their own territories. However, second half reign King Rama V, there establishing new governance system tried centralize country. Consequently, were many centralization policies enacte...

When I read this, 1 could hear the words of so many officers, telling me 'we lock up 300 bodies on this wing', or I was reminded of the 'body book' signed at reception when the police handed over a prisoner. A first ever Thematic Inspection had been carried out on 'Suicide in Prison' in 1984. This had been inspired by three hangings within 12 months at HMP Swansea, and a 'lack of care' verdict ...

BACKGROUND Most studies measuring substance-use disorders in prisons focus on incoming or on remand prisoners and are generally restricted to drugs. However, there is evidence that substance use initiation or continuation occurs in prison, and that alcohol use is common. The aim of this study is 1) to assess prevalence of both drug and alcohol abuse and dependence (DAD/AAD) in a national random...

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of psychiatric disorder and the treatment needs of sentenced prisoners in England and Wales. DESIGN Population survey based on a 5% sample of men serving prison sentences. SETTING Sixteen prisons for adult males and nine institutions for male young offenders representative of all prisons in prison type, security levels, and length of sentences. SUBJECT...

BACKGROUND Despite greater risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in patients with a history of incarceration, little is known about how prisons manage CVD risk factors (CVD-RF) to mitigate this risk. METHODS We conducted in-depth interviews with individuals with CVD-RF who had been recently released from prison (n = 26). These individuals were recruited through community flyers and a...

The Prison Primary Health Care Teams in Catalonia have been integrated into the Catalan Health Institute. This integration shall facilitate¹ training and updating, while eliminating the existing differences between the health services belonging to prison institutions and those of the Catalan Health Service. It shall enable team work and coordination between Primary Health Care Teams in the comm...

This study expands on the current body of research examining technology-supported groups, individual creativity, and group diversity. By incorporating each of these elements into the experimental design, our objective was to determine how technology can best be leveraged to promote group creativity. We argue that diverse groups who are visually anonymous – i.e., they make use of the anonymity f...