Understanding the active ingredients, barriers, and facilitators to implement brief psychological interventions for substance misuse in Indian prisons: A qualitative study
Individual interventions must be supplemented by systemic and structural changes to address prison-specific challenges. Comprehensive staff training, integrated treatment models, peer support systems, and policy advocacy are recommended to enhance the effectiveness and scalability of psychosocial interventions in the CJS.
Authors
- Blessy B. George
- Renjith R. Pillai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7102-7986)
- Pallab Kumar Maulik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6835-6175)
- Abhishek Ghosh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0988-7694)
- Debasish Basu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3643-5984)
- Jatina Vij (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1867-9624)
Institutions
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- George Institute for Global Health (IN)
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (IN)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_634_24
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63
Funders
- Indian Council of Medical Research