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Chagas Disease
 
           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Cerebral trypanosomiasis in an incarcerated man
Satnam S. Nijjar and Marc R. Del Bigio
CMAJ 2007;176 44
Paper
Cutaneous Disorders 
 
           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Dermatological consultation behind bars: an analysis on a three-year period in a French prison 
Grange F, Levin B, Pellenq et al.
Ann Dermatol Venereol  2001  Apr;128(4):513-6
Abstract
Herpes
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  Human herpesvirus 8 and human herpesvirus 2 infections in prison population.
Sarmati L, Babudieri S, Longo B, et al 
J Med Virol. 2006 Dec 19;79(2):167-173
Abstract
Human Papillomavirus Infection
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Human Papillomavirus Infections in Incarcerated Women
Goodman A
 Hepp Report Jan 2002
Paper
Influenza
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Prisons' preparedness for pandemic flu and the ethical issues.
Van't Hoff G, Fedosejeva R, Mihailescu L.
Public Health. 2009 May 29.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Pandemic Flu Preparedness and Response in Corrections Facilities
Schwartz MD
IDCR, Nov/Dec 2006
Paper
Insomnia
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  Prisoners' insomnia: to treat or not to treat? Medical decision-making in places of detention
Elger BS.  
 Med Sci Law. 2008 Oct;48(4):307-16.
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Kidney Disease
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  Self-performed peritoneal dialysis in prisoners.
Sankaranarayanan N, Agrawal R, Guinipero L
Adv Perit Dial. 2004;20:98-100.
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Malaria
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  The prisoner as model organism: malaria research at Stateville Penitentiary.
Comfort N.  S
tud Hist Philos Biol Biomed Sci. 2009 Sep;40(3):190-203.
Abstract
Mental Health/Illness/Personality Disorders
 
           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries   
 
 
Prison health-care wings: Psychiatry's forgotten frontier?
Forrester A, Chiu K, Dove S, Parrott J. 
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2010 Feb;20(1):51-61
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Sexual offenders in prison psychiatric treatment: a biopsychosocial description.
Young MH, Justice JV, Edberg P.  
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2010 Feb;54(1):92-112
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Mental patients in prisons.
Arboleda-Flórez J.
World Psychiatry. 2009 Oct;8(3):187-9
 Paper

Many mental disorders among prisoners in regular prison departments; many prisoners
themselves want help
Bulten E, Nijman H. 
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2009;153.
Abstract
 
Mentally ill individuals in limbo: obstacles and opportunities for providing psychiatric services to
corrections inmates with mental illness.
Olley MC, Nicholls TL, Brink J. 
Behav Sci Law. 2009;27(5):811-31
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Accountability and psychiatric disorders: How do forensic psychiatric professionals think?
Höglund P, Levander S, Anckarsäter H, Radovic S.  
 Int J Law Psychiatry. 2009 Oct 5
 Abstract

Monitoring a correctional mental health care system: the role of the mental health expert.
Metzner JL.
 Behav Sci Law. 2009 Jun 19
 Abstract

Validation of a brief screening instrument for identifying psychiatric disorders among
newly incarcerated adults.
Ford JD, Trestman RL, Wiesbrock VH, Zhang W.
Psychiatr Serv. 2009 Jun;60(6):842-6.
 Abstract

A WEEK IN REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
 Psychiatric Disorders and Repeat Incarcerations: The Revolving Prison Door.
Baillargeon J, Binswanger IA, Penn JV, et al 
Am J Psychiatry. 2008 Dec 1.
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A symptom level examination of the relationship between Cluster B personality disorders and patterns
of criminality and violence in women.
Warren JI, South SC.  
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2008 Dec 7
 Abstract
 
Case report: a convicted sex offender with dissociative identity disorder.
Ross CA. 
J Trauma Dissociation. 2008;9(4):551-62
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Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II with incarcerated male offenders
aged 18-21 years.
Palmer EJ, Binks C.
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2008 Sep 19;18(4):232-242.
Abstract
 
A prospective comparison of two measures of psychopathy in the prediction of institutional misconduct.
Edens JF, Poythress NG Jr, Lilienfeld SO, Patrick CJ.
 Behav Sci Law. 2008 Sep 11;26(5):529-541.
Abstract
 
Depression in elderly life sentence prisoners.
Murdoch N, Morris P, Holmes C.  
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2008 Apr 8
Abstract
 
The effectiveness of art therapy in reducing depression in prison populations.
Gussak D. 
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2007 Aug;51(4):444-60.
Abstract
 
Challenges in Residential Treatment for Prisoners With Mental Illness: A Follow-up Report.
Cloyes KG.  
Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2007 Aug;21(4):192-200.
 Abstract
 
Intensive case management as a jail diversion program for people with a serious mental
illness: a review of the literature.
Loveland D, Boyle M. 
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2007 Apr;51(2):130-50.
Abstract
 
Prison mental health inreach services.
Steel J, Thornicroft G, Birmingham L 
Br J Psychiatry. 2007 May;190:373-4.
 Abstract
 
Mental health status of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian prisoners.
Butler T, Allnutt S, Kariminia A, Cain D.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2007 May;41(5):429-35
Abstract
 
Case-controlled study of patients with self-inflicted burns.
Horrner BM, Ahmadi H, Mulholland R, et al
Burns. 2005 Jun;31(4):471-5.
 Abstract
 
Characteristics of self-cutters among male inmates: Association with bulimia and
dissociation.
Matsumoto T, Yamaguchi A, Asami T, et al
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2005 Jun;59(3):319-26
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Suicide by prisoners: National clinical survey.
Shaw J, Baker D, Hunt IM, et al  
Br J Psychiatry. 2004 Mar;184:263-7.
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Correctional mental health services in New York: then and now.
Smith H, Sawyer DA, Way BB. 
Psychiatr Q. 2004 Spring;75(1):21-39.
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On the role of correctional officers in prison mental health.
Dvoskin JA, Spiers EM.   
Psychiatr Q. 2004 Spring;75(1):41-59.
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Influence of environmental factors on mental health within prisons: focus group study
Nurse J, Woodcock P, Ormsby J 
BMJ 2003;327 480-0
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Treating impulsivity, irritability, and aggression of antisocial personality disorder with quetiapine.
Walker C, Thomas J, Allen TS.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2003 Oct;47(5):556-67.
Abstract

Self-reported lifetime psychiatric hospitalization histories of jail detainees with mental disorders:
 comparison with anon-incarcerated national sample.
Fisher WH, Packer IK, Banks SM,
J Behav Health Serv Res 2002 Nov;29(4):458-65
 Abstract
 
Recidivism and use of services among persons with mental illness after release from prison.
Lovell D, Gagliardi GJ, Peterson PD.
Psychiatr Serv. 2002 Oct;53(10):1290-6
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  Persecutory ideation and depression in mild violence among incarcerated adult males.
Beal CA, Kroner DG, Weekes JR.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 2003 Apr;47(2):159-70
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FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Lifetime use of mental health and substance abuse treatment services by incarcerated women
felons.
Jordan BK, Federman EB, Burns BJ,02 Oct;53(10):1290-6.
Psychiatr Serv. 20Psychiatr Serv. 2002 Mar;53(3):317-25.
Paper

The influence of actuarial risk assessment in clinical judgments and tribunal decisions about mentally
disordered offenders in maximum security.
Hilton NZ, Simmons JL.
Law Hum Behav 2001 Aug;25(4):393-408
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  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Inpatient care of mentally ill people in prison: results of a year's programme of semistructured
inspections.
Reed JL, Lyne M.
BMJ 2000 Apr 15;320(7241):1031-4
Paper		  
     
  Psychiatric nursing in prison: the state of the art?
Polczyk-Przybyla M, Gournay K.
Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 893, Oct 1999
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     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Mental Illness and Prisons: A Case for an Epidemiological Criminology Framework
D Williams
(136 APHA)
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Mental health and prisons: The position in Europe
G t'Hoff 
(136 APHA)
 Abstract

WHO health in prisons project and the trencin statement on prisons and mental health
L Moller  
(136 APHA)
 Abstract

Tackling mental health issues in prisons: Some examples
P Hayton, S Duggan 
136 APHA)
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Scabies
 
           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries   
 
Oral ivermectin for the treatment and prophylaxis of scabies in prison.
Ribeiro Fde A, Taciro E, Guerra MR, Eckley CA.
Dermatolog Treat. 2005 Jun;16(3):138-41.
Abstract
Sexual Dysfunction
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
  Issues concerning the reliability and validity of the diagnosis of sexual sadism applied in prison
settings.
Marshall WL, Kennedy P, Yates P.
Sex Abuse 2002 Oct;14(4):301-11
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Staph Infections
 
           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries   
 
The enduring menace of MRSA: incidence, treatment, and prevention in a county jail.
Deger GE, Quick DW.
J Correct Health Care. 2009 Jul;15(3):174-8
 Abstract

The Enduring Menace of MRSA: Incidence, Treatment, and Prevention in a County Jail.
Deger GE, Quick DW.
 J Correct Health Care. 2009 Apr 29.
Abstract

Prevalence, risk factors, and molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus among newly arrested men in Baltimore, Maryland.
Farley JE, Ross T, Stamper P, et al 
Am J Infect Control. 2008 Sep 18.
 Abstract

Endemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in a
Large Urban Jail: Risk Factors and Recurrence Rates.
David MZ, Mennella C, Mansour M,  
J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Aug 6.
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Substance Use/Abuse
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Alcohol dependence: international policy implications for prison populations.
Jones GY, Hoffmann NG 
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2006 Nov 8;1(1):33
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Prior opiate injection and incarceration history predict injection drug use among inmates.
Calzavara LM, Burchell AN, Schlossberg
Addiction. 2003 Sep;98(9):1257-65.
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The promise of prison-based treatment for dually diagnosed inmates.
Wexler HK.
J Subst Abuse Treat. 2003 Oct;25(3):223-31.
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Randomized controlled trial proves effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment in prison.
Haig T.
 Can HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2003 Dec;8(3):48
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New policy on methadone maintenance treatment in prisons established in Alberta.
Whitling NJ.
Can HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2003 Dec;8(3):45-7.
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Varicella Zoster
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Case Study: Infection Control of Varicella zoster virus (VZV)
Bick J,
IDCR, Nov/Dec 2006
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