MENTALLY-ILL OFFENDERS IN JAILS AND PRISONS - ADVANCES IN-SERVICE PLANNING AND DELIVERY

Authors
WELSH A OGLOFF JRP
Citation
A. Welsh et Jrp. Ogloff, MENTALLY-ILL OFFENDERS IN JAILS AND PRISONS - ADVANCES IN-SERVICE PLANNING AND DELIVERY, Current opinion in psychiatry, 11(6), 1998, pp. 683-687
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Current opinion in psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09517367
Volume
11
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
683 - 687
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-7367(1998)11:6<683:MOIJAP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Mental health issues in correctional institutions have become increasi ngly important with growing numbers of inmates requiring services. Sev eral new concerns have arisen, such as cc-occurring disorders and the benefits of prison-community linkage programmes, and much of the resea rch is still preliminary. The thrust of the majority of articles revie wed here is toward continued research in these areas. Curr Coin Psychi atry 11:683-687. (C) 1998 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.