[Effect of expanding training on prisoners' mental health].
OBJECTIVE
To study the effect of expanding training on the mental health of the prisoners and to provide the references to the innovation of the mental health education for the prisoners.


METHODS
Questionnaire, observation, interview and mathematical statistic analysis were used. 100 male and 100 female prisoners from two prisons in East China were investigated by Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90).


RESULTS
Eight of the ten factors in SCL-90 showed the level of statistically significance, which includes obsessive-compulsive symptoms, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, compulsion, hostility, psychoticism and others. Expanding training could be helpful to improve the mental health of the prisoners.


CONCLUSIONS
Expanding training can be used in mental health education of the prisoners.
Liu
Sheng-Li
SL
Prison Administration Bureau of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China. shl-liu@163.com
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004644:Emotions; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult