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| Title: | Innsatte og psykisk helse |
| Authors: | Amundsen, Marie-Lisbet |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Abstract: | This article refers to results obtained from a survey conducted during
the spring of 2005. 216 inmates from four Norwegian prisons answered
questions relating to the use of drugs, serious depression, anxiety and
suicide, as well as problems relating to attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder. The research shows, inter alia, that some time prior to their
imprisonment, about 70% of the inmates were seriously depressed and
49% had considered suicide, whereas during imprisonment 47% reported
one or more bouts of serious depression and 36% reported having considered
suicide. 60% of the inmates acknowledged that the use of drugs
had created problems for them with family and friends, and half reported
that drugs had been the source of economic problems. Nearly half of the
inmates felt that they could become violent when angry, though two-thirds
indicated a willingness to take part in an anger management programme
if one was offered to them. Finally, it should be noted that 29% of the
inmates had great difficulties with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(AD/HD). |
| Keywords: | Psykisk helse
Fengselsinnsatte |
| Publisher: | De Nordiske Kriminalistforeninger |
| Document type: | Journal article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2282/521 |
| Appears in Collections: | Institutt for sosialfag
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