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Prisoners have a high prevalence of mental disorders. Suicide is a leading cause of death in prison, and self-harming behaviour and suicide attempts are common. Therapeutic services should be organized according to the needs of prisoners with severe mental disturbances. This includes psychiatric inpatient care and psychiatric outpatient care. In general psychiatric care in prison should provide the same quality of psychiatric care as that available in the community. Psychiatrists working in prisons should insist on being able to offer psychiatric treatment without being implicated in the correction system.
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Opitz-Welke, A. (2017). Psychiatric Problems in Prisoners: Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention. In: Elger, B., Ritter, C., Stöver, H. (eds) Emerging Issues in Prison Health. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7558-8_9
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