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Mentally disordered women in jail: who receives services?

Author(s) -

Linda A. Teplin,

Karen M. Abram,

Gary M. McClelland

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.87.4.604

Subject(s) - psychiatry , mental health , public health , odds , medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , type of service , mentally ill , psychology , family medicine , service (business) , mental illness , nursing , logistic regression , economy , economics

Many jail inmates have severe psychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, major affective disorders). The courts have mandated that detainees have a constitutional right to treatment. We investigated what proportion of female jail detainees needed mental health services, what proportion received services, and what variables predicted who received services.

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