Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Services Fail to Treat Prisoners With Schizophrenia, Increasing Risk of Violent Reoffending

If we don't care about the mentally ill, our uncaring will come back & bite us.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131120100630.htm

Nov. 20, 2013 — New research from Queen Mary University of London shows released prisoners with schizophrenia are three times more likely to be violent than other prisoners, but only if they receive no treatment or follow-up support from mental health services.

Maintaining psychiatric treatment both during imprisonment and after release can substantially reduce the risk of violent reoffending. Better screening and treatment of prisoners is therefore essential to prevent violence.

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