Psychiatric symptoms, psychological distress and somatic comorbidity among remand prisoners in Switzerland

Eytan, Ariel; Haller, Dagmar M.; Wolff, Hans; Cerutti, Bernard; Seboe, Paul; Bertrand, Dominique; Niveau, Gérard

doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2010.11.003

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Psychiatric symptoms, psychological distress and somatic comorbidity among remand prisoners in Switzerland

ContributorsEytan, Ariel; Haller, Dagmar M.

; Wolff, Hans; Cerutti, Bernard

; Seboe, Paul; Bertrand, Dominique; Niveau, Gérard

Published inInternational journal of law and psychiatry, vol. 34, no. 1, p. 13-19

Publication date2011

Abstract

The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and complaints among remand prisoners in Switzerland and to analyze the relationships between psychiatric symptoms, physical health and substance abuse problems in this population.

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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Male
Medical Audit
Mental Disorders/epidemiology/physiopathology
Middle Aged
Prisoners/psychology
Questionnaires
Somatoform Disorders/epidemiology/physiopathology
Stress, Psychological/epidemiology/physiopathology
Switzerland/epidemiology
Young Adult

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EYTAN, Ariel et al. Psychiatric symptoms, psychological distress and somatic comorbidity among remand prisoners in Switzerland. In: International journal of law and psychiatry, 2011, vol. 34, n° 1, p. 13–19. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2010.11.003

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PID : unige:25207
DOI : 10.1016/j.ijlp.2010.11.003
PMID : 21126766

Journal ISSN0160-2527

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Psychiatric symptoms, psychological distress and somatic comorbidity among remand prisoners in Switzerland

The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and complaints among remand prisoners in Switzerland and to analyze the relationships between psychiatric symptoms, physical health and substance abuse problems in this population.

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