Mental Health
Persons entering prison have a high prevalence of mental health disorders. Simultaneously, research shows that incarceration itself can worsen existing mental health disorders. The framework of a prison make incarceration particularly challenging for this group.. Knowledge about the mental health disorders of people in prison and how these develop r change during and after incarceration is crucial to scaling the treatment offerings for people experiencing incarceration.
In the PriSUD project, our goal is to investigate the prevalence of mental disorders among inmates in Norwegian, Swedish and Danish prisons. This research spans a period of 10 years (2010-2020) and thus will also measure changes over time.
Publications:
Svendsen, Vegard G., Marianne Riksheim Stavseth, Torbjørn Skardhamar, and Anne Bukten. "Psychiatric morbidity among women in Norwegian prisons, 2010–2019: a register-based study." BMC psychiatry 23, no. 1 (2023): 390. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-04886-7.
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Lindstad, Marianne, Skurtveit, Svetlana, and Bukten, Anne. "Too Much Or Too Little Medication? A National Study of Prescribed Psychopharmaceuticals Among Inmates in Norwegian Prisons." Norwegian Epidemiology 29, no. 1-2 (2021). https://doi.org/10.5324/nje.v29i1-2.4049 .
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Bukten, Anne, and Stavseth, Marianne Riksheim. "Suicide in Prison and After Release: A 17-Year National Cohort Study." European Journal of Epidemiology 36, no. 10 (2021): 1075-83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-021-00782-0.
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Rognli, Eline Borger, Bramness, Jørgen G, Skurtveit, Svetlana, and Bukten, Anne. "Substance Use and Sociodemographic Background as Risk Factors for Lifetime Psychotic Experiences in a Non-Clinical Sample." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 74 (2017): 42-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2016.12.007.
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Bukten, A; Stavseth, MR; Skurtveit, S, Lund, IO; Clausen, T. Intoxication and Health situation among inmates in the penal care. SERAF report, 2/2016 (pdf).