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| Depression in elderly life sentence prisoners | | Author(s) | Nicholas Murdoch, Paul Morris, Clive Holmes |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 23, no 9, September 2008 |
| Pages | pp 957-962 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Prisoners ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The life sentence population is growing older and increasing in number. Despite the potential negative physical and social environment of prison life, little is known about the prevalence or aetiology of depression in older "lifers". To determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of depression in older life sentence prisoners, 121 such prisoners from two category B prisons in the UK were interviewed using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS); and the relationship with prison and non-prison specific variables was analysed. More than half of the prisoners scored above the threshold for mild depression. The length of sentence served and other prison-related variables were not associated with the depression score. However, the imported-chronic physical ill health was strongly related to depression score. Depression in long term prisoners is common and is related to the burden of imported chronic illness as opposed to specific effects of imprisonment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081009206 A |
| Classmark | ENR: TGF: 4C |
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