Psychiatric morbidity among women in Norwegian prisons, 2010-2019: a register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Research suggests that women in prison have more mental health problems than men and are prone to suffer from more severe psychiatric disorders. This study utilizes national registry data to describe demographic and psychiatric gender differences in Norwegian prisons, and to investigate comorbid psychiatric disorders and time trends in psychiatric morbidity among women.

Methods

Longitudinal data from the Norwegian Prison Release Study linked with the Norwegian Patient Registry and data from Statistics Norway provided information on health care utilization, socioeconomic status, and history of psychiatric disorders among all individuals (n_women = 5,429; n_men = 45,432) who were incarcerated in a Norwegian prison between 2010 and 2019.

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SUBMITTER: Svendsen VG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10236692 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature