* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
Download Data Spotlight Half of Women on Probation or Parole Experience Mental Illness
Anti-psychiatry wikipedia , lookup
Moral treatment wikipedia , lookup
Outpatient commitment wikipedia , lookup
Mental health in Russia wikipedia , lookup
Lifetrack Therapy wikipedia , lookup
Self-help groups for mental health wikipedia , lookup
Psychiatric and mental health nursing wikipedia , lookup
Mental disorder wikipedia , lookup
Mental health wikipedia , lookup
Clinical mental health counseling wikipedia , lookup
Involuntary commitment internationally wikipedia , lookup
Pyotr Gannushkin wikipedia , lookup
Mental health professional wikipedia , lookup
History of psychiatric institutions wikipedia , lookup
Abnormal psychology wikipedia , lookup
Causes of mental disorders wikipedia , lookup
Community mental health service wikipedia , lookup
Mental health care in the Philippines wikipedia , lookup
Psychiatric survivors movement wikipedia , lookup
Mentally ill people in United States jails and prisons wikipedia , lookup
John Straffen wikipedia , lookup
Deinstitutionalisation wikipedia , lookup
C enter for B ehavioral H ealth S tatistics and Q uality Data Spotlight National Survey on Drug Use and Health March 6, 2012 Half of Women on Probation or Parole Experience Mental Illness The mental illness estimates presented in this publication may differ from estimates in other publications due to revisions to the mental illness estimation methods in 2013. For more information, see “Revised Estimates of Mental Illness from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health” at http://samhsa.gov/ data/default.aspx. C enter for B ehavioral H ealth S tatistics and Q uality Data Spotlight March 6, 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Half of Women on Probation or Parole Experience Mental Illness Percent Women on probation or parole are nearly twice as likely to experience mental illness as other women (Figure).1 According to the 2008 to 2010 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs), among women aged 18 to 49, about half of those who had been on probation (49.4 percent) or on parole (54.2 percent) in the past year experienced any mental illness in the past year, compared with 27.5 percent of women who had not been on probation or parole. Rates of serious mental illness (i.e., mental illness that substantially limits major life activities) were 3 times higher for women who had been on probation or on parole than for women who had not been on probation or parole (21.5 and 28.5 vs. 7.8 percent). Research indicates that women Women Aged 18 to 49 Experiencing Past Year Mental in the criminal justice system with mental health problems have greater Illness, by Past Year Probation/Parole* Status: 2008 to 2010 difficulty reintegrating into their 60 54.2 families and communities and are Any Mental Illness 49.4 more likely to re-offend than those Serious Mental Illness 50 without mental health problems.2 This suggests a need for care during 40 and after incarceration for those in the criminal justice system who 28.5 30 27.5 experience mental health problems. 21.5 For more information on this topic, 20 please visit http://gains.prainc.com/ topical_resources/women.asp. 10 1 2 SAMHSA defines mental illness based on diagnostic criteria in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). See American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th edition). Washington, DC: Author. Mallik-Kane, K., & Visher, C. A. (2008). Health and prisoner reentry: How physical, mental, and substance abuse conditions shape the process of reintegration. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center. Retrieved from http://www. urban.org/UploadedPDF/411617_health_prisoner_reentry.pdf 7.8 0 On Parole On Probation Not on Parole or Probation * Probation and parole are not mutually exclusive. Of the annual average of 1.4 million women who were on probation or parole in the past year, 16.1 percent had been on both probation and parole. Source: 2008 to 2010 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs).The NSDUH is an annual survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The survey collects data by administering questionnaires to a representative sample of the population through face-to-face interviews at their places of residence. The Data Spotlight may be copied without permission. Citation of the source is appreciated. Find this report and those on similar topics online at http://www.samhsa.gov/data/.