International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 9 Issue 4

“I know if I drink I won’t feel anything”: substance use relapse among depressed women leaving prison

Jennifer E. Johnson, Yael Chatav Schonbrun, Jessica E. Nargiso, Caroline C. Kuo, Ruth T. Shefner, Collette A. Williams, Caron Zlotnick

The purpose of this paper is to explore treatment needs and factors contributing to engagement in substance use and sobriety among women with co-occurring substance use and major…

Characterization of pharmacy services in Portuguese prisons: a national survey

Liliana Alexandra Monteiro Guerra, Paula Façanha da Cruz Fresco

The primary purpose of this paper is to collect reliable information to characterize the pharmacy services in Portuguese prisons. The secondary purpose is to develop a set of…

Assessing post-traumatic stress symptoms in a Latino prison population

José N. Caraballo, Coralee Pérez-Pedrogo, Carmen E. Albizu-García

The purpose of this paper is to assess the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the Davidson trauma scale (DTS-S) and to determine the prevalence and correlates of…

Prison, a missing target to address issues related to drug detoxification and rehabilitation: Nepalese experiences

Chandra Kant Jha, Dennis M. Donovan

Drug use has numerous consequences on health, the economy, culture and the peace and security of families and communities. Drug users often engage in various criminal activities…

Editorial

Morag MacDonald, Robert Greifinger and David Kane