The full spectrum of clinical stages of psychosis among mentally ill prisoners in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

ABSTRACT: Research on the association between psychosis and criminal offending has typically focused on violent offenders with chronic psychotic illness. This stages of psychosis in prison (SOPP) study used a clinical staging approach to identify adult men referred to prison mental health services who had an at-risk mental state (ARMS), first episode of psychosis (FEP) or an established psychotic illness. Of the 105 participants included, 6% were determined to have FEP, 6% met ARMS criteria and the remainder had an established psychotic illness. Compared to a prison control sample, individuals on the psychosis spectrum were found to have higher levels of social disadvantage and other co-occurring mental health and substance use problems but were not more likely to have committed a violent offence. T

SUBMITTER: Yee N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10512751 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature