Fazel Seena, Lubbe Sean
University of Oxford and Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare Trust, Oxford, UK.
Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2005 Sep;18(5):550-4. doi: 10.1097/01.yco.0000179496.38558.d9.
The published literature from 2004 on mental disorders in jails and prisons was reviewed.
A number of important studies on prisoner suicide, older prisoners, prison medical services and inmate mental health are highlighted, which provide useful potential interventions to improve the care of mentally ill prisoners. Relevant pieces on ethical issues are also discussed.
Despite increasing prison populations worldwide and robust evidence that serious mental disorders are common in inmates in Western countries, many key issues in the treatment of mentally disordered prisoners remain unanswered. In addition, the evidence base on the nature and prevalence of mental disorders in prisoners in non-Western countries remains small.
回顾2004年以来关于监狱中精神障碍的已发表文献。
重点介绍了一些关于囚犯自杀、老年囚犯、监狱医疗服务和囚犯心理健康的重要研究，这些研究为改善对患有精神疾病囚犯的护理提供了有用的潜在干预措施。还讨论了相关的伦理问题。
尽管全球监狱人口不断增加，且有充分证据表明西方国家囚犯中严重精神障碍很常见，但在治疗患有精神疾病的囚犯方面，许多关键问题仍未得到解答。此外，关于非西方国家囚犯精神障碍的性质和患病率的证据基础仍然薄弱。
