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SynthesisAdministration and policy in mental health2018

Interventions at the Transition from Prison to the Community for Prisoners with Mental Illness: A Systematic Review.

G Hopkin, S Evans-Lacko, A Forrester, J Shaw, G Thornicroft

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Synthesis in Administration and policy in mental health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

G HopkinDepartment of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. g.hopkin@lse.ac.uk.
S Evans-LackoCentre for Implementation Science, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
A ForresterOffender Health Research Network, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
J ShawOffender Health Research Network, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
G ThornicroftCentre for Implementation Science, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
London School of Economics and Political Science · GBUniversity of Manchester · GBKing's College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prisoners have high rates of mental illness and the transition from prison to the community is a problematic time for the provision of mental health services and a range of negative outcomes have been identified in this period. A systematic review was conducted to identify interventions for prisoners with diagnosed mental health conditions that targeted this transition period. Fourteen papers from 13 research studies were included. The interventions identified in this review were targeted at different stages of release from prison and their content differed, ranging from Medicaid enrolment schemes to assertive community treatment. It was found that insurance coverage, and contact with mental health and other services can be improved by interventions in this period but the impact on reoffending and reincarceration is complex and interventions may lead to increased return to prison. There is a developing evidence base that suggests targeting this period can improve contact with community mental health and other health services but further high quality evidence with comparable outcomes is needed to provide more definitive conclusions. The impact of programmes on return to prison should be evaluated further to establish the effect of interventions on clinical outcomes and to clarify the role of interventions on reincarceration.

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Community Mental Health ServicesContinuity of Patient CarePrisonsHumansIndependent LivingMedicaidMental DisordersUnited StatesCommunity mental healthMental healthPrisonSystematic reviewTransition

Identifiers

PMID29362981
PMCPMC5999162
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