Letter
Prisons and health
Who cares about healthcare transitions in prisoners with mental health problems?
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BMJ
2012;345:e6760
- Laavanya Damodaran, registrar in psychiatry1,
- Joe Reilly, professor of psychiatry, University of Durham2
- 1Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust, Darlington, UK
- 2Wolfson Research Institute, Queen’s Campus, Stockton TS17 6BH, UK
- l.damodaran{at}nhs.net
We welcome Ginn’s inclusion of mental health as a key element in the challenges of prison healthcare.1 Up to 90% of prisoners have a diagnosable mental illness, personality disorder, or substance misuse disorder,2 and many will have been difficult to engage outside prison. Continuity of treatment from community to prison …
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