Occurence of psychiatric disorder in a county jail population.
The authors report on a year's experience in providing psychiatric services in a county jail setting. Of 545 inmates evaluated, 22% were diagnosed as psychotic and 23% had a history of long-term or multiple hospitalizations. The authors discuss the implications of these data in terms of the problem of providing adequate psychiatric care for such a population.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003120:Colorado; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D010359:Patient Readmission; D011329:Prisoners; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*