ArticleInternational psychogeriatrics2015
Older men and older women remand prisoners: mental illness, physical illness, offending patterns and needs.
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Dundrum Forensic Redevelopment Evaluation Study: D-FOREST Study.
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- Older Individuals Convicted of Sexual Offenses: A Literature Review.Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment · 2022Pooled it
- Relevance of psychogeriatrics in the prison setting: a systematic review.Revista espanola de sanidad penitenciariaPooled it
- Criminal behavior in alcohol-related dementia and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: a Nationwide Register Study.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
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- Challenges in providing ethically competent health care to incarcerated older adults with mental illness: a qualitative study exploring mental health professionals' perspectives in Canada.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Forensic psychiatry and Covid-19: accelerating transformation in forensic psychiatry.Irish journal of psychological medicine · 2021Article
- Predicting mental health of prisoners by artificial neural network.BioMedicine · 2021Article
- Prisons, Older People, and Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: Towards an Inclusive Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Depression and psychosis related to the absence of visitors and consumption of drugs in male prisoners in Ecuador: a cross sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2019Article
- Mental health, positive affectivity and wellbeing in prison: a comparative study between young and older prisoners.Revista espanola de sanidad penitenciaria · 2019Article
- Factors related to the quality of life of older prisoners.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2017Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundOlder prisoners are the fastest growing group of prisoners in most countries. They have high rates of physical and psychiatric co-morbidity, compared to community dwelling older persons and also compared with other prisoner groups. Very high rates of mental illness have been found in remand (pre-trial) prisoners when compared with other prisoner groups; however to date there have been no studies examining older male and female remand prisoners.
methodsA retrospective chart review was conducted of all remands, to a male and a female prison, over a six and half-year period. Demographic data were collected pertaining to psychiatric and medical diagnoses and seriousness of offending.
resultsWe found rising numbers of older prisoners amongst male remand prisoners. Older remand prisoners had very high rates of affective disorder and alcohol misuse. They had rates of psychotic illnesses and deliberate self-harm comparable to younger remand prisoners. High rates of vulnerability were found among older prisoners and older prisoners had a greater need for general medical and psychiatric services than younger prisoners. We also found comparable offending patterns with younger prisoners and high rates of sexual offending among the older male prisoner group.
conclusionsGiven the ageing population of many countries it is likely the numbers of older prisoners will continue to grow and given their high levels of both physical and psychiatric illness this will have implications for future service delivery.
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