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Prisons, too, are institutions for psychiatric care
BMJ 2003; 326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.326.7393.824 (Published 12 April 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;326:824- Jay E Smith, consultant in forensic rehabilitation (jay.smith@ukgateway.net)
- John Howard Centre, London E9 2AT
EDITOR—In their editorial on the reinstitutionalisaton of mental health care Priebe and Turner overlook an important current place of institutional psychiatric care—the prison service.1 Like the expansion of forensic psychiatric services, this has been a global phenomenon, reported in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Europe.
In UK prisoner populations …
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