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Mental illness and the provision of mental health services in prisons

Author(s) -

Andrew Forrester,

Alex Till,

Alexander I. F. Simpson,

Jenny Shaw

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

british medical bulletin

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.08

H-Index - 112

eISSN - 1471-8391

pISSN - 0007-1420

DOI - 10.1093/bmb/ldy027

Subject(s) - mental health , mental illness , triage , government (linguistics) , medicine , criminal justice , psychological intervention , disadvantaged , public health , population , prison , service delivery framework , psychiatry , nursing , service (business) , criminology , environmental health , political science , psychology , business , law , linguistics , philosophy , marketing

Around 11 million people are held in prisons internationally, and criminal justice systems are overburdened with a high prevalence of multiple psychiatric disorders. In England and Wales over 200 000 people enter prisons each year, and in many cases, this facilitates their first contact with mental health services.

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