HIV, substance use, and mental health care in prisons.
HIV, substance use, and mental health care in prisons.
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DOI:
10.1016/s2215-0366(22)00243-7
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发表时间:
2022-09
影响因子:
64.3
通讯作者:
Altice, Frederick L.
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作者:
Fazel, Seena;Bromberg, Daniel J.;Altice, Frederick L.
Incarceration, psychiatric and substance-use disorders, and infectious diseases form a syndemic. 1 That is, criminal justice systems gather people with preexisting, serious health problems and exacerbate them. People who are incarcerated have much higher rates of infectious diseases than the general population: six-times higher for HIV, eight-times for hepatitis C virus, and two-times for hepatitis B virus. 2 People who are incarcerated in low-income and middleincome countries (LMICs) have nearly 16-times the prevalence of psychotic disorders, and up to six-times that of major depression, than the general population. 3 Comorbidity between psychiatric and substanceuse disorders has emerged as a key challenge among people in prison, with half of those with severe psychiatric disorders having a co-occurring substanceuse disorder. 4 In addition, HIV and psychiatric disorders can have high rates of co-occurrence, especially in prison settings. HIV, psychiatric disorders, and a prison environment probably interact to exacerbate health-related outcomes, including acceptance of and adherence to treatment.Aside from the USA, the 50 countries with the highest incarceration rates are LMICs, and together have twothirds of the global incarcerated population. Prisons in LMICs also have high prevalence of substanceuse disorders3 and around half of people who are incarcerated use or inject drugs, mostly opioids.