Sex differences in suicide, suicidal ideation, and self-harm after release from incarceration: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Janca, C Keen, M Willoughby, R Borschmann… - Social psychiatry and …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose People released from incarceration are at increased risk of suicide compared to the
general population. We aimed to synthesise evidence on the incidence of and sex …

[HTML][HTML] Medicine in the penal system

A Opitz-Welke, M Lehmann, P Seidel… - Deutsches Ärzteblatt …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Infectious diseases, substance dependencies, and dental diseases are the
most important health problems affecting incarcerated persons. In Germany, for example …

Risk of overdose‐related death for people with a history of incarceration

WQ Gan, SA Kinner, TL Nicholls, CG Xavier… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Reported associations between previous incarceration and the risk of
overdose‐related death are substantially heterogeneous, and previous studies are limited …

The health care utilization of people in prison and after prison release: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada

FG Kouyoumdjian, SY Cheng, K Fung, AM Orkin… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Many people experience imprisonment each year, and this population bears a
disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality. States have an obligation to provide …

Assessing the determinants of completing OAT induction and long-term retention: A population-based study in British Columbia, Canada

M Kurz, JE Min, LM Dale, B Nosyk - Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Pharmacological treatments for opioid use disorder are essential, life-saving
medications, yet successful induction of them and long-term retention on them is limited in …

Dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance use disorder and injury in adults recently released from prison: a prospective cohort study

JT Young, E Heffernan, R Borschmann… - The Lancet Public …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background People with mental illness and substance use disorder are over-represented in
prisons. Injury-related mortality is elevated in people released from prison, and both mental …

Record linkage studies of drug-related deaths among adults who were released from prison to the community: a scoping review

JA Cooper, I Onyeka, C Cardwell, E Paterson, R Kirk… - BMC public health, 2023 - Springer
Background There are public health concerns about an increased risk of mortality after
release from prison. The objectives of this scoping review were to investigate, map and …

Opioid agonist treatment take-home doses ('carries'): Are current guidelines resulting in low treatment coverage among high-risk populations in Canada and the USA?

C Russell, S Lange, F Kouyoumdjian, A Butler… - Harm Reduction …, 2022 - Springer
Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is the primary intervention for opioid use disorder (OUD) in
Canada and the USA. Yet, a number of barriers contribute to sub-optimal treatment uptake …

“When you first walk out the gates… where do [you] go?”: Barriers and opportunities to achieving continuity of health care at the time of release from a provincial jail in …

C Hu, J Jurgutis, D Edwards, T O'Shea, L Regenstreif… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
We aimed to explore continuity of health care and health barriers, facilitators, and
opportunities for people at the time of release from a provincial correctional facility in …

Share of adult suicides after recent jail release

TR Miller, LM Weinstock, BK Ahmedani… - JAMA network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although people released from jail have an elevated suicide risk, the potentially
large proportion of this population in all adult suicides is unknown. Objective To estimate …