The mortality of young offenders sentenced to prison and its association with psychiatric disorders: a register study | Zendy

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The mortality of young offenders sentenced to prison and its association with psychiatric disorders: a register study

Author(s) -

Eila Sailas,

Benjamin Feodoroff,

Nina C. Lindberg,

Matti Virkkunen,

Reijo Sund,

Kristian Wahlbeck

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cki169

Subject(s) - prison , psychiatry , register (sociolinguistics) , association (psychology) , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , criminology , psychotherapist , linguistics , philosophy

We studied the nationwide mortality in Finland of young offenders sentenced to prison, with the advantage of a long-term follow-up in an unselected population. In addition, we aimed to clarify the relationship between psychiatric disorders requiring hospital treatment and early death in young offenders sentenced to prison.

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