Silberman Matthew
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2010 Oct;54(5):783-802. doi: 10.1177/0306624X09340011. Epub 2009 Jun 25.
This study examines the role that a history of child sexual abuse played in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders in a sample of 321 female offenders incarcerated in a maximum-security prison for women. The results show that a history of child sexual abuse increases the likelihood that an inmate would receive mental health treatment. Psychotropic medication is frequently prescribed in response to adjustment problems associated with childhood sexual abuse. White women who exhibit adjustment problems associated with a history of child sexual abuse are especially likely to be diagnosed as mentally disordered at admission and to be sent to the mental health unit for treatment. In the absence of a diagnosed mental disorder at admission, women who receive psychotropic medication to help them adjust to prison life are likely to be diagnosed with a mental disorder later on.
本研究调查了儿童期性虐待史在一所女子戒备森严监狱中321名女性罪犯的精神障碍诊断和治疗中所起的作用。结果显示，儿童期性虐待史增加了囚犯接受心理健康治疗的可能性。针对与儿童期性虐待相关的适应问题，常开具精神药物处方。表现出与儿童期性虐待史相关适应问题的白人女性在入狱时尤其容易被诊断为精神障碍，并被送往心理健康科接受治疗。在入狱时未被诊断出精神障碍的情况下，接受精神药物以帮助她们适应监狱生活的女性随后可能会被诊断出患有精神障碍。
