Serious mental disorder in 23000 prisoners: a systematic review of 62 surveys.

By S. Fazel, John Danesh. The Lancet, 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and critical incidents in a Scottish prison population (2009, background): “Fazel and Danesh (2002) found that when compared with the general population in America and the United Kingdom, prisoners had about a ten fold excess of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD).”
• Police perceptions of their encounters with individuals experiencing mental illness: A Victorian survey (2011, result): “…high prevalence of psychiatric symptoms among detainees in police cells (Ogloff et al., 2010) and, concomitantly, an increased rate of major mental illnesses found in prison populations as compared to estimated rates in the community (Butler and Allnutt, 2003; Fazel and Danesh, 2002; Ogloff, 2002).”
• The Prevalence of Mental Disorders among the Homeless in Western Countries: Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis (2008, result): “The finding that clinically trained interviewers were associated with lower prevalence estimates is consistent with a systematic review of major depressive disorder in prisoners [64], and suggests that studies of the diagnostic validity of depression using different types of interviewer should be re”
• Two studies on the prevalence and validity of personality disorder in three forensic intellectual disability samples (2006, background): “In a systematic review of 62 surveys of inmates in prison settings, Fazel and Danesh (2002) reported an average 46% prevalence of ASPD.”
• The identification of mental disorders in the criminal justice system : report to the Criminology Research Council (2007, neutral): “New Zealand (in last month)c 2–3 4 – Canada (pre-trial)c – – 5 General population (lifetime)d – – 0–1 Sources: a: Fazel & Danesh 2002; b: Mullen, Holmquist & Ogloff 2003; c: Roesch 1995; d: Ogloff 2002 3 across the country was powerful.”
• A Systematic Review of the Prevalence of Schizophrenia (2005, background): “Apart from catchment-area-based studies of the general population, there are many studies that report prevalence estimates for subgroups of the population. These may include groups defined by narrow age strata (e.g., the elderly or children), migrant status, ethnic or religious status, or twin statu”
• Offender emotion and self-regulation: implications for offender rehabilitation programming (2009, background): “2 & 3, February March 2009, 119 130 despite the fact that a high proportion of prisoners (around the world) meet the criteria for a mental disorder (Fazel & Danesh, 2002) access to mental health services in prisons is often available only to those with major mental disorders such as schizophrenia…”
• Attachment, mentalization and antisocial personality disorder: The possible contribution of mentalization-based treatment (2011, background): “In their systematic review of 23,000 prisoners across Western countries, including the United States, Fazel and Danesh ( 2002 ) found that 65% of male prisoners and 42% of female prisoners had a personality disorder.”