Occurence of psychiatric disorder in a county jail population
- 1 November 1976
- journal article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 133 (11) , 1331-1333
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.11.1331
Abstract
The authors report on a year's experience in providing psychiatric services in a county jail setting. Of 545 inmates evaluated, 22% were diagnosed as psychotic and 23% had a history of long-term or multiple hospitalizations. The authors discuss the implications of these data in terms of the problem of providing adequate psychiatric care for such a population.Keywords
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