Clinical features and mortality outcomes of people transferred from prison to forensic mental health units: a nationwide 14-year retrospective cohort study
Despite extended periods of psychiatric hospitalization there was high mortality among people in the cohort. Investment in targeted prevention and coordinated, continuous healthcare is needed for people with a serious mental illness who experience incarceration.
Authors
- James Foulds (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8960-2563)
- Chris Frampton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0603-5661)
- Stuart A. Kinner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3956-5343)
- Toni L. Pitcher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4661-5038)
- Ben Beaglehole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9521-1745)
- Ruth Cunningham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0090-3579)
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- University of Otago (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-04-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-02893-5
- Primary Topic
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Otago