TY  - SER
AU  - Collier, Stephanie
AU  - Friedman, Susan Hatters
TI  - Mental illness among women referred for psychiatric services in a New Zealand women's prison
PY  - 2016///
PB  - Wiley, 
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - MENTAL HEALTH
KW  - MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
KW  - POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
KW  - PRISONERS
KW  - SUBSTANCE ABUSE
KW  - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - WOMEN
KW  - WOMEN PRISONERS
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 2016, Advance online publication, 7 April 2016
N2  - This naturalistic exploratory study describes the characteristics of women prisoners referred to the forensic psychiatry service of the largest women’s prison in New Zealand. Forensic psychiatrists diagnosed more than one-third of the referred female inmates with psychotic disorders, and they diagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder in one-fifth. The majority of the women reported substance use prior to incarceration, as well
as a history of personal victimization by family violence. Of the women prisoners referred to community mental health services at release, two-thirds attended the arranged outpatient mental health follow-up appointment. This study highlights the
need for secondary prevention and rehabilitation for female inmates, and it provides suggestions for intervention. (Authors' abstract). Record #5421
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2238 
ER  -