Minor psychiatric disturbance in women serving a prison sentence: the use of the General Health Questionnaire in the estimation of the prevalence of non-psychotic disturbance in women prisoners

Purpose. Minor psychiatric disturbance contributes considerably to the workload of health care staff in women's prisons, although the indefinite nature of the complaint makes epidemiological investigation problematic. This study tests the utility of a standard measure of psychological distress,...

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Authors: Smith, Catrin (Author) ; Borland, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1999
In: Legal and criminological psychology
Year: 1999, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 273-284
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