Exploring views about mental health problems and helpseeking amongst adult male prisoners at HMP Leeds
In the last few decades, the prison population has risen rapidly and now stands at over 82,000. Research suggests that up to 90% of prisoners have some kind of mental disorder or abuse substances (Singleton, Meltzer, Gatward, Coid, & Deasy, 1998). Significant recent attempts have been made to im...
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University of Leeds
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487745 |
| Summary: | In the last few decades, the prison population has risen rapidly and now stands at over 82,000. Research suggests that up to 90% of prisoners have some kind of mental disorder or abuse substances (Singleton, Meltzer, Gatward, Coid, & Deasy, 1998). Significant recent attempts have been made to improve prison-based mental health services (HM Inspectorate of Prisons, 2007). However, very little is known about how prisoners themselves construe mental health problems, or which help-sources they would turn to if they experienced difficulties. |
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