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Treating Incarcerated Women: Gender Matters

Lewis, Catherine·2006·Psychiatric Clinics of North America
DOI 10.1016/j.psc.2006.04.013
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Research on incarcerated women has shown they have a high degree of comorbid psychopathology, including substance dependence, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), and major depression. Incarcerated women differ from their community peers by having more symptoms related to addiction, ASPD, and PTSD. At the same time, incarcerated women are every bit as likely as incarcerated men to be dependent on drugs and almost as likely to be dependent on alcohol. What emerges is a picture of the incarcerated woman far more likely to have had traumatic experiences, including early sexual and physical abuse, than her male peers but every bit as likely to have substance dependence and, in some correctional populations (eg, sentenced felons), antisocial personality disorder. Central to the discussion of how best to treat female offenders is the need to address how programs would best be structured for women with severe substance dependence, substantial trauma histories, and personality pathology, including ASPD. Incarcerated women are a population with complex medical and mental health needs and are likely to be high users of services within the correctional system. This poses challenges to a system already stretched thin in caring for these complex inmates. This article emphasizes that gender differences need to be appreciated, and that service delivery to male and female inmates needs to be structured with gender in mind. The article recommends case…

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Authors
Lewis, C.
Affiliations
UConn Health (US)
Corresponding author
Lewis, Catherine
Venue
Psychiatric Clinics of North America
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-09
Volume
29
Issue
3
Pages
773-789
ISSN
0193-953X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.psc.2006.04.013
OpenAlex
W1981618391
Cited by
147
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FWCI
1.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Psychiatric Clinics of North America (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
Keywords
women prisoners, women offenders, gender differences, substance dependence, post-traumatic stress disorder, antisocial personality disorder, major depressive disorder, child sexual abuse, child physical abuse, trauma history, offender treatment, therapeutic communities, case management, abstinence, healthy relationships, treatment efficacy, race, psychopathology
MeSH terms
Antisocial Personality Disorder, Mental Disorders, Crime, Cross-Sectional Studies, Forensic Psychiatry, Gender Identity, Health Services Accessibility, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Prisoners, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, United States, Violence, Comorbidity, Substance-Related Disorders

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