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Mental health in prisons
Author(s) -
Senior Jane
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.433
Subject(s) - mental health , mental illness , psychiatry , criminology , suicide rates , mental health service , population , service (business) , psychology , political science , medicine , environmental health , suicide prevention , business , poison control , marketing
Rates of mental illness and suicide are significantly higher in prisoners than in the general population. Jane Senior asks why current service provision appears to be inadequate and looks at promising developments for the future.