Abstract
The authors determined the six-month and lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders among 100 consecutively admitted female offenders to a prison, using Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS Version III) and found high prevalence rates of schizophrenia, major depression, substance use disorders, psychosexual dysfunction, and antisocial personality disorders. The prevalence rates of these disorders were significantly higher than those of the general population. The authors note the implications of their findings for treatment of women within the correctional system.
Footnotes
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Drs. Daniel, Robins, and Reid and Ms. Wilfley are affiliated with The Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri-Columbia and Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, Columbia, Missouri 65201.
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Address reprint requests to A. E. Daniel, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Superintendent, Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, Columbia, MO 65201.
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