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General Reports
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Information and Communication Technology to Link Criminal Justice Reentrants to HIV Care in the Community.
Kurth A, Kuo I, Peterson J, Azikiwe N,  et al
AIDS Res Treat. 2013;2013:547381.
Paper

Washington's Senate Bill 6610 on Transferring Provisions for Persons Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.
Piel J, Goldenberg E.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
. 2012;40(2):253-60.
Abstract

Thee enduring menace of MRSA: incidence, treatment, and prevention in a county jail.
Deger GE, Quick DW.

J Correct Health Car
e
. 2009 Jul;15(3):174-8

Abstract


Women
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Short-Term Psychological Adjustment of Female Prison Inmates on a Minimum
Security Unit
.

Islam-Zwart KA, Vik PW, Rawlins KS.

Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 12;

Abstract

High-Risk Behaviors
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Using a jail-based survey to monitor HIV and risk behaviors among Seattle area injection
drug users.
Thiede H, Romero M, Bordelon K,et al
J Urban Health. 2001 Jun;78(2):264-78

Abstract

Mental Health/Illness
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Trends in state prison admission of offenders with serious mental illness.
Bradley-Engen MS, Cuddeback GS,  et al
Psychiatr Serv
. 2010 Dec;61(12):1263-5
Abstract

Short-Term Psychological Adjustment of Female Prison Inmates on a Minimum
Security Unit
.

Islam-Zwart KA, Vik PW, Rawlins KS.

Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 12;

Abstract

 

Cost shifting to jails after a change to managed mental health care.
Domino ME, Norton EC, Morrissey JP, Thakur N.

Health Serv Res.
2004 Oct;39(5):1379-402.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Trauma, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, and associated problems among
incarcerated veterans
.
Saxon AJ, Davis TM, Sloan KL, et al. 
Psychiatr Serv
2001 Jul;52(7):959-964
Paper 

Measuring level of function in mentally III prison inmates: a preliminary study.
Harris VL, Lovell D
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2001;29(1):68-74.

Abstract

Hepatitis C
 

Disease Incidence/Epidemiology

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection and risk factors in an incarcerated
juvenile population: a pilot study.

Murray KF, Richardson LP, Morishima C,et al

Pediatrics 2
003 Jan;111(1):153-7
Abstract

HIV
 

General Reports

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Rearrest: does HIV serostatus make a difference
Harris VL, Rafii R, Tonge SJ, Uldall KK
AIDS Care. 2002 Dec;14(6):839-49.
Abstract

Substance Use
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Clinical risk factors for death after release from prison in Washington State: a nested case control study.
Binswanger IA, Stern MF, Yamashita TE, et al

Addiction
. 2015 Oct 17.
Abstract

Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population.
Bowen S, Witkiewitz K, Dillworth TM, et al 

Psychol Addict Behav
. 2006 Sep;20(3):343-7.

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