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Prisons: mental health institutions of the 21st century?
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“In high-income nations, the mental health care budget covered services provided in prison (White and Whiteford 2006), while funding for similar treatment in India was found to be 1.6% of the total health expenditure (Thekkumkara et al. 2022).”
From A Scoping Review of Correctional-Based Interventions for Women Prisoners with Mental Health Problems (2023) · cites this paper as White and Whiteford 2006
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“In high-income countries, the mental health care budget covers the services in the prison setting. 54”
From Psychosocial Interventions for Prisoners with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review (2022) · cites this paper as [54]
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Metadata
- Authors
- White, P., & Whiteford, H.
- Affiliations
- Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- ORCID
- Whiteford, Harvey
- Venue
- Medical Journal of Australia
- Publisher
- AMPCo
- Published
- 2006-09
- Volume
- 185
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 302-303
- ISSN
- 0025-729X (ISSN-L)
- 1326-5377
- OpenAlex
- W2113546714
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 4
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- The Medical Journal of Australia (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Keywords
- prisons, psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric inpatient care, forensic psychiatry, mental health services
- MeSH terms
- Australia, Mental Disorders, Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders, Commitment of Mentally Ill, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Mental Health Services, National Health Programs, Prisons
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