Poor health and social outcomes for ex-prisoners with a history of mental disorder: A longitudinal study
dc.contributor.author | Cutcher, Z. | |
dc.contributor.author | Degenhardt, L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Alati, Rosa | |
dc.contributor.author | Kinner, S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-13T09:08:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-13T09:08:07Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-12-12T02:47:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cutcher, Z. and Degenhardt, L. and Alati, R. and Kinner, S. 2014. Poor health and social outcomes for ex-prisoners with a history of mental disorder: A longitudinal study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 38 (5): pp. 424-429. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70913 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/1753-6405.12207 | |
dc.description.abstract |
© 2014 Public Health Association of Australia. Objective: To examine the association between self-reported lifetime diagnosis of mental disorder and health-related outcomes in prisoners during the first six months after release.Methods: We interviewed 1,324 adult prisoners in Queensland, Australia, within six weeks of expected release and one, three and six months post-release. Outcomes of interest included health service access, housing, employment, substance use and criminal activity. We used multivariate logistic regression to investigate the association between self-reported, lifetime diagnosis of mental disorder and these health-related outcomes post-release, adjusting for pre-existing disadvantage.Results: 43.4% of participants reported a lifetime diagnosis of mental disorder. This group had increased crude odds of poor outcomes across all evaluated domains. After adjusting for pre-existing disadvantage, significantly increased odds of poor outcomes persisted in the substance use, mental health, crime and health service access domains.Conclusions: People with a history of mental disorder experience particularly poor outcomes following release from prison that are not fully explained by pre-existing disadvantage. Implications: Evidence-based transitional programs for prisoners with a history of mental disorder should be provided at a level commensurate with need. | |
dc.publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia | |
dc.title | Poor health and social outcomes for ex-prisoners with a history of mental disorder: A longitudinal study | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 38 | |
dcterms.source.number | 5 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 424 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 429 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 1326-0200 | |
dcterms.source.title | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health | |
curtin.department | School of Public Health | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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