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[Liaison psychiatry in the prison of Rottenburg (Germany)]
Gerd Schäfer1, Wigbert Schubert, Mathias Bartels
1Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Tübingen, Germany.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to get an idea of the need of psychiatric therapy in a prison. We report on the period May 2000 to January 2002. 60 medical files with the sociodemographic variables and the psychiatric diagnosis were evaluated. 45 % of the examined prisoners had a diagnosis of drug- or alcohol dependency and 31.3 % had a diagnosis of a schizophrenia. In 26.7 % the therapy was successful and the prisoners improved. This results show a great need of psychiatric therapy in a prison. Also in a prison improvements in the course of psychic disturbances are possible.
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