Traumatization and mental distress in long-term prisoners in Europe

• Verfasst von: Dudeck, Manuela [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Barnow, Sven [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Traumatization and mental distress in long-term prisoners in Europe
• Verf.angabe: Manuela Dudeck, Kirstin Drenkhahn, Carsten Spitzer, Sven Barnow, Daniel Kopp, Philipp Kuwert, Harald J. Freyberger, and Frieder Dünkel
• Jahr: 2011
• Umfang: 21 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 22.02.2016
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Punishment & society
• Ort Quelle: London [u.a.] : Sage, 1999
• Jahr Quelle: 2011
• Band/Heft Quelle: 13(2011), 4, Seite 403-323
• ISSN Quelle: 1741-3095
• DOI: doi:10.1177/1462474511414782
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Traumatization and mental distress in long-term prisoners in Europe. - 2011
• K10plus-PPN: 1525715178

Abstract

This article investigates the prevalence of traumatization and mental distress in a sample of 1055 male European long-term prisoners as part of a wider study of the living conditions of prisoners serving sentences of at least five years in Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Spain and Sweden. Data were collected in a written survey using the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) as well as questions on attempted suicide and auto-aggressive behaviour. Participants experienced a mean of three traumatic events, with 14 per cent developing a Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) subsequently. In each national sample, more than 50 per cent of the participants were in need of treatment because of psychological symptoms and nearly one-third had attempted suicide.