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Depression in elderly life sentence prisoners

✍ Scribed by Nicholas Murdoch; Paul Morris; Clive Holmes

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 92 KB
Volume: 23
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2017

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Background

The life sentence population is growing older and increasing in number. Despite the potential negative physical and social environment in prisons little is known about the prevalence or aetiology of depression in elderly ‘lifers’.

Aims

To determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of depression in elderly life sentence prisoners.

Method

One hundred and twenty‐one elderly life/indeterminate sentence prisoners from two category B prisons in the United Kingdom were interviewed using the Geriatric Depression Scale and the relationship with prison and non prison specific variables analysed.

Results

Over half of the prisoners scored above the threshold for mild depression. The length of sentence served and other prison related variables were not associated with the depression score. However, the imported chronic physical ill health was strongly related to depression score.

Conclusions

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