ArticleAging & mental health2017
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and associated health and social vulnerabilities in older jail inmates.
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- Relevance of psychogeriatrics in the prison setting: a systematic review.Revista espanola de sanidad penitenciariaPooled it
- Recent Incarceration and Other Correlates of Psychological Distress Among African American and Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men.Community mental health journal · 2022Trial
- Standardized outcome measures of mental health in research with older adults who are incarcerated.International journal of prisoner health · 2022Review
- Assisted dying requests from people in detention: Psychiatric, ethical, and legal considerations-A literature review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Review
- Correlates of physical, psychological, and social frailty among formerly incarcerated, homeless women.Health care for women international · 2019Article
- Older Adults' Lived Experience of Incarceration.Journal of offender rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Ethical, Legal and Forensic Issues in Geriatric Psychiatry.Current psychiatry reports · 2018Review
- Post-traumatic stress disorder and risk of dementia among members of a health care delivery system.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in older jail inmates, and to determine whether adverse social and health-related characteristics were associated with having PTSD symptoms.
methodWe performed an exploratory cross-sectional study of 238 older (age ≥55 years) jail inmates from a county jail. PTSD symptoms were determined using the Primary Care PTSD (PC-PTSD) screen. Reporting three or more PTSD symptoms was defined as a positive screen. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression analyses were used to examine the prevalence of a positive PTSD screen and associations with social and health-related characteristics.
resultsThe mean age was 59 years, 64% were Black, and 82% reported an annual income ≤$15,000. Nearly 40% of older jail inmates had a positive PTSD screen and 10% reported a prior PTSD diagnosis by a physician. Older jail inmates with a positive PTSD screen were significantly more likely than those with a negative PTSD screen to report medication insecurity in the past year, impairment in two or more activities of daily living, traumatic brain injury, pain in the past week, and poor self-rated health.
conclusionOver one in three of the older jail inmates in this study had a positive PTSD screen, though only one in five of those with a positive screen reported a prior PTSD diagnosis. Screening for PTSD in jails may help identify older inmates who would benefit from additional mental health treatment and reentry planning to improve health in this population.
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