PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - A. E. Daniel AU - Arthur J. Robins AU - John C. Reid AU - Denise E. Wilfley TI - Lifetime and Six-Month Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders among Sentenced Female Offenders DP - 1988 Dec 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 333--342 VI - 16 IP - 4 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/16/4/333.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/16/4/333.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1988 Dec 01; 16 AB - 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.