Interventions at the Transition from Prison to the Community for Prisoners with Mental Illness: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Prisoners have high rates of mental illness and the transition from prison to the community is a problematic time for the provision of mental health services and a range of negative outcomes have been identified in this period. A systematic review was conducted to identify interventions for prisoners with diagnosed mental health conditions that targeted this transition period. Fourteen papers from 13 research studies were included. The interventions identified in this review were targeted at different stages of release from prison and their content differed, ranging from Medicaid enrolment schemes to assertive community treatment. It was found that insurance coverage, and contact with mental health and other services can be improved by interventions in this period but the impact on reoffen

SUBMITTER: Hopkin G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5999162 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature