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PRISON PSYCHIATRY

PRISON PSYCHIATRY . Dr Melanie Baker Consultant in Forensic Psychiatry Visiting Psychiatrist to HMP Barlinnie. Syllabus for MRCPsych II Psychiatry in Prisons. Knowledge of the presence of psychiatric disorder in prison populations Suicide in prisons Psychiatric treatment in prison settings.

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PRISON PSYCHIATRY

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  1. PRISON PSYCHIATRY Dr Melanie Baker Consultant in Forensic Psychiatry Visiting Psychiatrist to HMP Barlinnie

  2. Syllabus for MRCPsych IIPsychiatry in Prisons • Knowledge of the presence of psychiatric disorder in prison populations • Suicide in prisons • Psychiatric treatment in prison settings

  3. PRISONS There are 15 prisons in Scotland. These operate at different levels of security and cater for individuals on remand and serving sentences

  4. Photo-shoot

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  6. HMP Barlinnie

  7. REMAND PRISONERS - 70% psychiatric morbidity amongst remands – 5% psychotic or affective disorder - Three times more likely to have psychosis or major depression than the general population - Co-morbidity with mental illness, substance misuse and personality disorder is the norm - Officer’s national, statistics 10% of male remands suffer a functional psychosis - Substance misuse rate 38%, higher amongst remand than serving prisoners - six times elevated suicide rate amongst prison population (Birmingham) SENTENCED PRISONERS - 7% of male sentenced prisoners have a psychotic illness STATISTICS – According to Literature

  8. REASONS FOR ELEVATED PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY • Remand • Acute withdrawal • Addiction in custody • New asylum population • Demographics

  9. CASE e.g. • Anonymised • 36y male • Serious offender • Assault to severe injury • Attempted murder

  10. WHAT DOES THE VISITING PSYCHIATRIST DO? • Triage • Case management • Transfer to local hospitals • Management of difficult prisoners • Consultation

  11. TAKE HOME MESSAGES • Syllabus • The SPS is not the NHS • Itinerant population • Forensic experience

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