Abstract Background Since Goffman's seminal work on psychiatric institutions,
deinstitutionalization has become a leading term in the psychiatric debate. It described the …

Turkiye, with its origins in an enduring civilisation rooted in preceding Turkish states from
ancient and medieval eras, possesses its own firmly established legal traditions. Legislation …

Forensic psychiatry in Europe is a specialty primarily concerned with individuals who have
either offended or present a risk of doing so, and who also suffer from a psychiatric …

Background Policies generate accountability in that they offer a standard against which
government performance can be assessed. A central question of this study is whether …

Importance In 1939, English mathematician, geneticist, and psychiatrist Lionel Sharples
Penrose hypothesized that the numbers of psychiatric hospital beds and the sizes of prison …

Objectives It has been suggested that since 1990, de-institutionalisation of mental
healthcare in Western Europe has been reversed into re-institutionalisation with more …

Laws governing the detention and treatment of mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) vary
widely across Europe, yet little information is available about the features of these laws and …

BackgroundInvoluntary admissions to psychiatric hospitals are common; however, research
examining the trends in prevalence over time and predictors is limited. AimsTo examine …

Objective High rates of mental disorders have been reported for prison populations
worldwide, particularly in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). The present study …

Se revisa la literatura internacional sobre la prevalencia de personas con problemas de
salud mental en instituciones penitenciarias, con especial interés por quienes presentan …