The mental health of federal offenders: a summative review of the prevalence literature.
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.
Magaletta
Philip R
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Psychology Services Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street, NW, Washington, DC 20534, USA.
Diamond
Pamela M
PM
Dietz
Erik
E
Jahnke
Stephen
S
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States