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The Mental Health Crisis Facing Women in Prison

(3 days ago) WEB25.5% Male 40.8% 32.3% Female 67.9%. Source: Indicators of Mental Health Problems Reported by Prisoners and Jail Inmates, …

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/06/22/the-mental-health-crisis-facing-women-in-prison

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Female Inmates: Overlooked and Often Forgotten

(1 days ago) WEBMore than two-thirds of incarcerated women in a 2012 survey reported having a history of mental health problems, far exceeding that of male prisoners as …

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-crime-and-justice-doctor/202308/female-inmates-overlooked-and-often-forgotten

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Women’s experiences of prison-based mental healthcare: a …

(4 days ago) WEBFindings. Four analytic themes were identified that detail women’s experiences of prison-based mental health care: the type of services accessed and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10427976/

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Women's Pathways to Jail: Examining Mental Health, Trauma, …

(7 days ago) WEBTrauma and mental health issues were associated with the onset of crime. A majority of women in jail had at least one of the assessed mental health disorders in their lifetime. …

https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/Publications/WomensPathwaysToJail.pdf

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Women Behind Bars: A Scoping Review of Mental Health Needs in …

(4 days ago) WEBIntroduction. The phenomenon of mental health problems in prisoners occurs in almost all parts of the world. “Women in prison are five times more likely to …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10113576/

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Challenges and mental health needs of women in prison

(8 days ago) WEBJurisdiction-specific factors include the offence profile of women in prison and variable lengths of incarceration; 8 options for prisoners with major mental illness, …

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/challenges-and-mental-health-needs-of-women-in-prison/CC806EAA2511BB16E5C823943476FDBE

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Women In Prison Are Struggling To Access Mental …

(8 days ago) WEBThe continued lack of mental, emotional, and social health programming for women in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic may actually cause the virus’s most devastating and long-lasting health

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a39866413/women-in-prison-mental-health-care-social-support-programs-community-based-organizations/

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Assessing incarcerated women’s physical and mental health status …

(5 days ago) WEBWomen make up 5% of the European prison population on average. Almost invisible in prison and health research, and suffering the stigma associated with female …

https://healthandjusticejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40352-022-00171-z

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A Scoping Review of Correctional-Based Interventions for Women …

(9 days ago) WEBWomen prisoners are a population at a high risk of experiencing stress, anxiety, and other mental health problems. This is because stressors in prisons, such …

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/8/452

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Explainer: How does mental illness affect sentencing?

(6 days ago) WEBCourts have noted that sentencing offenders with mental health problems is inevitably difficult. Many different sentencing considerations must be taken into account, some of which pull in

https://theconversation.com/explainer-how-does-mental-illness-affect-sentencing-101724

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Women s experiences of prison-based mental healthcare: a …

(3 days ago) WEBMental health problems are overrepresented in the female prison population; approximately 80% have a mental health diagnosis (World Health Organisation, 2021). …

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJPH-09-2021-0091/full/pdf?title=womens-experiences-of-prison-based-mental-healthcare-a-systematic-review-of-qualitative-literature

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Fact Sheet: Incarceration and Mental Health - Cornell University

(3 days ago) WEB2005: 743 per 100,000. 2009: 749 per 100,000 42. In 2011, approximately 2,300,000 individuals were incarcerated in the United State, a higher incarceration than …

https://psychiatry.weill.cornell.edu/research-institutes/dewitt-wallace-institute-psychiatry/issues-mental-health-policy/fact-sheet-0

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Research Roundup: Incarceration can cause lasting damage to …

(5 days ago) WEBBy its very nature, incarceration separates people from their social networks and loved ones. In 2018, when researchers at the University of Georgia analyzed the …

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2021/05/13/mentalhealthimpacts/

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The mental health of prisoners: a review of prevalence, adverse

(3 days ago) WEBThe aim is to provide a broad synthesis of the main issues relating to the mental health of adult prisoners, and highlight gaps in evidence and practice. Two special populations …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5008459/

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For Too Many With Mental Illness, Incarceration is the Default

(4 days ago) WEBMore than a million people in America’s prisons and jails have behavioral health conditions. Many of them probably never needed to be there. This nation …

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trend/archive/fall-2023/for-too-many-with-mental-illness-incarceration-is-the-default

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The problem with women’s prisons – and why they do more harm …

(2 days ago) WEBPublished: July 30, 2019 7:39am EDT. Sending women to prison, and removing them from their children and families, has long been seen as a contentious issue. Particularly given …

https://theconversation.com/the-problem-with-womens-prisons-and-why-they-do-more-harm-than-good-120922

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Improving mental health for inmates

(6 days ago) WEBAbout 37 percent of people in prison have a history of mental health problems, according to a 2017 report from the U.S. Department of Justice. More than 24 percent have been …

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/03/mental-heath-inmates

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Mental Health Prison Policy Initiative

(2 days ago) WEBMental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates Bureau of Justice Statistics, September, 2006 “Female inmates had higher rates of mental health problems than …

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/mental_health/

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Every part of justice system fails mentally ill people, inspectors find

(8 days ago) WEBSix regulatory bodies say people with mental health issues in England and Wales are offered poor support The report found 48% of men and 70% of women in …

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/17/every-part-of-justice-system-fails-mentally-ill-people-inspectors-find

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Focus on women’s prisons - Criminal Justice Inspectorates

(1 days ago) WEBData for September 2021 (see Appendix, note i) showed that women made up 4% of the total adult prison population (3,129 out of 74,994). Of those, 19% (597) were on remand …

https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/02/Womens-briefing-paper.pdf

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Mental illness: 'Saddest case' of woman sent to prison not hospital …

(6 days ago) WEBShell Ball was jailed despite serious mental health issues. Shell Ball gave birth to a stillborn baby for the second time in a row, in 2019. With complex mental …

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61340634

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Sentencing offenders with mental disorders, developmental …

(4 days ago) WEBIn accordance with s.120 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (CJA 2009), the Sentencing Council issues this definitive guideline. It applies only to offenders aged 18 and older, …

https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/overarching-guides/magistrates-court/item/sentencing-offenders-with-mental-disorders-developmental-disorders-or-neurological-impairments/

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To tackle gendered violence, we also need to look at drugs, …

(7 days ago) WEBThese include alcohol and other drugs, trauma and mental health issues. Why is this crucial? The World Health Organization estimates 30% of women globally …

https://theconversation.com/to-tackle-gendered-violence-we-also-need-to-look-at-drugs-trauma-and-mental-health-229182

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5 Strategies for Improving Mental Health at Work - Harvard …

(2 days ago) WEBThe author, who wrote a book on mental health and work last year, explores several key ways organizations haven’t gone far enough in implementing a culture of …

https://hbr.org/2024/04/5-strategies-for-improving-mental-health-at-work

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Social-media break has huge impact on young women's body

(2 days ago) WEBThere's a large and growing body of evidence pointing to potentially negative impacts of social media on mental health, from its addictive nature to disruptions in …

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240501125748.htm

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Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Often Go Untreated …

(3 days ago) WEBFor parents struggling with mental health or substance use disorders, access to treatment can often mean the difference between keeping and losing their …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/health/parent-drugs-mental-illness-treatment-medicaid.html

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75% of Americans feel health care system handles mental health …

(7 days ago) WEBMost Americans feel there's a wide gap in how the nation's health care system treats mental and physical health issues, according to a new Gallup and West …

https://www.scrippsnews.com/health/75-of-americans-feel-health-care-system-handles-mental-health-worse-than-physical-poll-finds

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Why belief in cancer fatalism can harm your health - BBC

(4 days ago) WEBMental health unit 'missed opportunities' to help woman The unit did not speak to her husband, who had "highly relevant information" about her wellbeing. 11 hrs …

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240429-why-belief-in-cancer-fatalism-can-harm-your-health

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