title: The mental health of federal offenders: a summative review of the prevalence literature.
abstract: To date, only a small number of government and peer-reviewed studies have examined the mental health of federal offenders. Although these studies provide isolated bits of information they have yet to be organized into a coherent body of knowledge from which clinicians, administrators and policy makers can inform their work. As a first step in constructing this knowledge and understanding the possible mental health needs of this population (currently America's largest correctional population), this paper delineates the available government and peer-reviewed studies on federal offenders, highlights their convergent findings, and suggests opportunities for growth in research, administration and policy.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Services Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street, NW, Washington, DC 20534, USA.
authors.forename: Philip R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Magaletta
authors.forename: Pamela M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Diamond
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dietz
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jahnke
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States