ArticleBJPsych open2015
Treatment of psychosis in prisons and violent recidivism.
Article in BJPsych open, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Reviews of Correctional Mental Health Services Using the STAIR Framework.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Substance use disorders, severe mental illness and risk of reoffending among women released from prison: a national cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Different perspectives of prison guards and mental health workers in forensic care.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Clarifying the relationship between mental illness and recidivism using machine learning: A retrospective study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Recidivism among prisoners with severe mental disorders.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Six nations: a clinical scenario comparison of systems for prisoners with psychosis in Australia, Bolivia and four European nations.BJPsych international · 2023Review
- Patterns and Predictors of Reincarceration among Prisoners with Serious Mental Illness: A Cohort Study: Modèles et prédicteurs de réincarcération chez les prisonniers souffrant de maladie mentale grave : Une étude de cohorte.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2021Article
- Disengagement from mental health treatment and re-offending in those with psychosis: a multi-state model of linked data.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2020Article
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- Time Trends in Homicide and Mental Illness in Ontario from 1987 to 2012: Examining the Effects of Mental Health Service Provision.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2018Article
- Adherence to Antipsychotic Medication and Criminal Recidivism in a Canadian Provincial Offender Population.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2017Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundViolence among released prisoners with psychosis is an important public health problem. It is unclear whether treatment in prison can influence criminal behaviour subsequent to release.
aimsTo investigate whether treatment in prison can delay time to reoffending.
methodOur sample consisted of 1717 adult prisoners in England and Wales convicted of a serious violent or sexual offence. We used Cox regression to investigate the effects of treatment received in prison on associations between mental illness and time to first reconviction following release.
resultsPrisoners with current symptoms of schizophrenia reoffended quicker following release. Nevertheless, treatment with medication significantly delayed time to violence (18% reduction). Treatment for substance dependence delayed violent and non-violent reoffending among prisoners with drug-induced psychosis.
conclusionsIdentifying prisoners with psychosis and administering treatment in prison have important protective effects against reoffending. Repeated screening with improved accuracy in identification is necessary to prevent cases being missed. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None. COPYRIGHT AND USAGE: © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
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