title: The importance of psychiatric illness in newly arrested prisoners.
abstract: One hundred ninety-nine male prisoners without prior felony convictions were evaluated through a structured personal interview administered within 24 hours of this arrest. While 46 per cent met psychiatric diagnostic criteria, only 5 per cent demonstrated a need for acute treatment for their affective disorder or organic brain syndrome. It is felt that the alcoholics (15 per cent) and drug-abusing prisoners (12 per cent) might benefit from counseling but were not in need of emergency care. The characteristics of men in each diagnostic group are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D003376:Counseling; D005391:Firesetting Behavior; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011329:Prisoners; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D014104:Torture