Teplin L A
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill.
Am J Public Health. 1994 Feb;84(2):290-3. doi: 10.2105/ajph.84.2.290.
This paper presents prevalence rates by race/ethnicity and age for nine psychiatric and substance use disorders found in a random sample of 728 male jail detainees. Two thirds of the sample detainees had had a disorder other than antisocial personality during their lifetimes; half of these had had an episode within 2 weeks of the interview. More than 30% currently had either a severe mental disorder or a substance use disorder. Detainees with severe mental disorders or substance use disorders were most often in jail because they had committed nonviolent crimes. Policy implications of the results are discussed.
本文呈现了在728名男性监狱被拘留者的随机样本中发现的九种精神疾病和物质使用障碍按种族/族裔和年龄划分的患病率。三分之二的被拘留样本在其一生中患有除反社会人格障碍以外的其他疾病;其中一半在访谈前两周内有过发病经历。目前超过30%的人患有严重精神障碍或物质使用障碍。患有严重精神障碍或物质使用障碍的被拘留者入狱最常见的原因是他们实施了非暴力犯罪。本文还讨论了研究结果的政策含义。