Steadman H J, Fabisiak S, Dvoskin J, Holohean E J
Bureau of Evaluation Research, New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany 12229.
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1987 Oct;38(10):1086-90. doi: 10.1176/ps.38.10.1086.
To obtain a comprehensive picture of the levels of mental disability in the general state prison population in New York State, the authors gathered data on a random sample of inmates using a survey instrument adapted from the state's level-of-care surveys of the psychiatric population. The sample consisted of 3,332 inmates in the general prison population (9.4 percent) and 352 inmates in prison mental health units. The survey results showed that 8 percent of the state's prison inmates have severe psychiatric or functional disabilities that clearly warrant some type of mental health intervention, and another 16 percent have significant mental disabilities that require periodic services. The specific nature and extent of these disabilities need to be assessed before appropriate services can be developed.
为全面了解纽约州普通州立监狱服刑人员的精神残疾程度，作者使用了一种改编自该州精神病患者护理水平调查的调查问卷，对随机抽取的服刑人员样本收集数据。样本包括普通监狱中的3332名服刑人员（占9.4%）以及监狱心理健康部门的352名服刑人员。调查结果显示，该州8%的监狱服刑人员患有严重的精神疾病或功能残疾，显然需要某种类型的心理健康干预，另有16%的人患有严重精神残疾，需要定期服务。在制定适当的服务措施之前，需要评估这些残疾的具体性质和程度。
