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Prison segregation: administrative detention remedy or mental health problem?
Author(s) -
Miller Holly A.,
Young Glenn R.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
criminal behaviour and mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1471-2857
pISSN - 0957-9664
DOI - 10.1002/cbm.146
Subject(s) - prison , distress , psychological distress , psychology , mental health , psychiatry , interpersonal communication , emotional distress , clinical psychology , criminology , social psychology , anxiety
This research was performed as a follow‐up study of general psychological distress levels for inmates housed in restricted environments. Previous research has found increased levels of psychological distress in more restrictive environments, as measured by the global indices of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). This study supported previous findings and found increased distress within three of the nine primary symptom dimensions of the BSI in the current conditions of a federal correctional institution and its segregation unit. This research is the first to report on the psychological distress symptom of interpersonal sensitivity and present the possibility that more severe levels of restriction may be increasing the problems within prisons rather than relieving them. The implications of these findings and the direction of future research are discussed. Copyright © 1997 Whurr Publishers Ltd.