Psychiatric Treatment in Prison: A missed opportunity?
| Autor: | Martin Humphreys, S S Smith, Vincent Baxter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
Mental Health Services
medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Prison State Medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Care Programme Approach Medicine Imprisonment Psychiatry Referral and Consultation media_common Criminal Psychology Service (business) Government business.industry Mental Disorders Prisoners Health Policy Forensic Psychiatry Directive United Kingdom Issues ethics and legal aspects Discharge planning Prisons business Missed opportunity Law |
| Zdroj: | Medicine, Science and the Law. 43:122-126 |
| ISSN: | 2042-1818 0025-8024 |
| Popis: | National Health Service Executive guidelines require psychiatric services to maintain links with prisoners previously subject to the Care Programme Approach (CPA) and to participate in discharge planning. We are unaware of previous studies assessing the involvement of general psychiatric services with patients in prison or prisoners' perceptions of their needs. Consecutive referrals to a prison psychiatric liaison service over a three-month period were screened for previous psychiatric contact. Half of those interviewed reported previous psychiatric contact. Two-thirds were in contact with services at the time of detention. One-third believed services knew of their imprisonment. Ninety-three per cent believed they would require psychiatric support after release. Few patients received input from general psychiatric services during imprisonment despite a high level of perceived need. Improved liaison would help facilitate both care in prison and discharge planning in the spirit of CPA and the government directive. |
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