Research view

Title: Psychiatric disorders in prisoners referred for assessment: a preliminary study.
Author: Fido-AA; Razik-MA; Mizra-I; El-Islam-MF
Abstract:
The psychiatric profile of a consecutive series of 69 men and women prisoners referred for assessment over a nine month period was examined. Thirty-six point two percent had a major psychiatric disorder and a further 53.6% had a minor psychiatric illness.
Journal: Can-J-Psychiatry. 1992 Mar; 37(2): 100-3