Women transferred from prison to medium-secure psychiatric care: The therapeutic challenge

摘要

A matched pair design was used to compare women admitted to a medium-secure psychiatric facility from prison and from the mental health service. Findings confirmed a number of hypothesised differences between the two groups: Prison admissions took longer to engage in treatment; had more unmet needs and continued to pose a greater risk of self-injury. The majority of both groups have significant substance misuse problems that require psychotherapeutic input. Findings support previous work showing significant levels of unmet need among prisoners and the urgent need for therapeutic input to address the deficiencies of offender rehabilitation programmes.