Prevalence and patterns of mental health disorders in long-term preventive detention: a 13-year national cohort study
The preventive detention population in Norway is clearly a group with significant mental health treatment needs - even when compared to a prison population that is itself showing increasing prevalence of mental health disorders, indicating that they represent a particularly vulnerable population within the prison system.
Authors
- Catherine Appleton
- John Todd-Kvam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1450-9153)
- Anne Bukten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0285-5339)
- Marianne Riksheim Stavseth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9324-6194)
- Berit Johnsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0041-3070)
- Hilde Dahl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2634-2589)
Institutions
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- Norwegian Police University College (NO)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- St Olav's University Hospital (NO)
- University College of Norwegian Correctional Service (NO)
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-07357-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.20
Funders
- Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
- Universitetet i Oslo
- Norges Forskningsråd