RT Article
T1 Exploring the Intersection of Drug Addiction and Mental Ill-Health in Scottish Prisons: A Qualitative Study of Incarcerated Men
JF Journal of drug issues
VO 54
IS 3
SP 326
OP 345
A1 Deuchar, Ross 1968-
A2 Densley, James A. 1982-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1890949191
AB This article presents insights from small-scale qualitative research exploring the intertwining nature of drug addiction and mental ill-health among men in Scottish prisons. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 men in two Scottish prisons. The men’s narratives suggested that increased tension in prison halls had stimulated a huge surge in the use of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), in turn increasing and deepening existing mental ill-health and violence. They believed health care in the prisons to be of low quality, and that methadone was prescribed as a mechanism for social control. Implications for future policy, practice and research are outlined.
K1 Men
K1 Scotland
K1 Mental Health
K1 Prisons
K1 Drugs
DO 10.1177/00220426231161282