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[Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in prisoners with a short imprisonment: results from a prison in north Germany].

Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald am HANSE-Klinikum Stralsund, Stralsund.
Psychiatrische Praxis (impact factor: 1.64). 05/2009; 36(5):219-24. DOI:10.1055/s-0028-1090217 pp.219-24
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ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of mental disorders among prisoners with a short prison term.
We investigated 102 participants with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders (SCID I and II) and the Symptom Check List (SCL-90).
We found a lifetime-prevalence of mental disorders (axis I) of 83 %. 80 % of the participants showed at least one personality disorder.
These results indicate that short-term prisoners are a population which is highly troubled in a psychiatric sense and shows a need of treatment in prison.

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Keywords

102 participants
 
DSM Disorders
 
lifetime-prevalence
 
mental disorders
 
one personality disorder
 
prevalence
 
prisoners
 
psychiatric sense
 
short prison term
 
short-term prisoners
 
Structured Clinical Interview