Out and down: incarceration and psychiatric disorders.

Out and Down: The Effects of Incarceration on Psychiatric Disorders and Disability

Although psychiatric disorders are common among current and former inmates, a putative causal relationship is contaminated by assorted influences, including childhood disadvantage, the early onset of most disorders, and the criminalization of substance use, which is itself comorbid with a variety of other subsequent psychiatric disorders. Using the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, this ...

Female homicide offenders referred for pre-trial psychiatric examination: a descriptive study.

Homicide by women has attracted serious attention from a variety of professionals including psychiatrists, lawyers, and criminologists. Although a survey of the literature suggests that homicide usually results from a single impulsive act by women who are reacting to overwhelming interpersonal conflict within the family, I several investigators have postulated that homicidal women suffer from s...

The impact of the "incarceration culture" on reentry for adults with mental illness: a training and group treatment model.

Prevalence of and gender differences in psychiatric disorders among juvenile delinquents incarcerated for nine months.

OBJECTIVE This study examined prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders among young offenders after they were incarcerated for nine months. METHODS A total of 790 youths were surveyed, including a significant proportion of females (N=140, 18%), nine months after incarceration. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV with portions of the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents a...

Psychopathology of psychocutaneous disorders

Background: A high percentage of the patients referred to dermatologic clinics are either suffer from self inflicted disorders or from misinterpretation about their own health and organ integrity and or may suffer from different skin sensations including itching, pain, and burning; all of which may develop as a result of their underlying psychopathologies. Objective: Identification of underlyin...