Health and mental health
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Research related to health and mental health is divided into categories:
Infectious diseases
R-259 Relationships between Lifetime Health Risk-Behaviours and Self-Reported Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Infection Status among Canadian Federal Inmates (Zakaria, 2012)
R-254 Relationships between Health Risk-Behaviours, Self-Perceived Risk for Infection, and Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Infections among Canadian Federal Inmates (Zakaria, 2012)
R-238 Summary of the 2007 National Inmate Infectious Diseases and Risk-Behaviours Survey for Women (Thompson, Zakaria and Grant, 2011)
R-237 Aboriginal Men: A Summary of the Findings of the 2007 National Inmate Infectious Diseases and Risk-Behaviours Survey (Thompson, Zakaria and Grant, 2011)
R-223 Testing and Treatment for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Infections among Canadian Federal Inmates (Zakaria, Thompson, Jarvis and Smith, 2010)
R-210 Use of bleach and the methadone maintenance treatment program as harm reduction measures in Canadian Penitentiaries (Zakaria, Thompson and Borgatta, 2010)
R-209 Awareness and Use of Harm Reduction Measures for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in Canadian Penitentiaries (Thompson, Zakaria and Borgotta, 2010)
R-207 A Comparison of Drug-Related and Sexual Risk-Behaviours in the Community and Prison for Canadian Federal Inmates (Zakaria, Thompson and Borgatta, 2010)
R-199 Rates of Reported HIV and HCV Infections since Admission to Canadian Federal Prison and Associated Incarceration Characteristics and Drug-Related Risk-Behaviours (Zakaria, Thompson and Borgotta, 2010)
R-211 Summary of Emerging Findings from the 2007 National Inmate Infectious Diseases and Risk-Behaviours Survey (Zakaria, Thompson and Borgatta, 2009)
ERR-23-30 Prevalence rates of infectious diseases among offenders in federal custody (2023) new
RIB-23-33 Serology results and self-reported diagnosis concordance: HIV, HCV, and Syphilis (2023) new
RIB-23-32 Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies among Federally Incarcerated Women (2023) new
RIB-23-31 Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies among Federally Incarcerated Men (2023) new
Archive
R212 Study Materials for the 2007 National Inmate Infectious Diseases and Risk Behaviours Survey (Zakaria, Thompson and Borgatta, 2010)
R196 Rates of Reported Sexually Transmitted Infections since Admission to Canadian Federal Prison and Associated Incarceration Characteristics and Sexual Risk-Behaviours (Zakaria, Thompson and Borgatta, 2010)
R195 The Relationship between Knowledge of HIV and HCV, Health Education, and Risk and Harm-Reducing Behaviours among Canadian Federal Inmates (Zakaria, Thompson and Borgatta, 2010)
Self-injurious and suicidal behaviour
R-459 Inflammatory Agents and Use of Force: Prevalence amongst Self-Injurious Behaviour Incidents (2023)
R-392 Suicide Risk Assessment Instruments: A Review of Current Literature (Brown, Hoffman, Neufeld, and Mrozewski, 2017)
R-388 Trauma-Informed Care for Offenders Who Engage in Chronic Self-Injurious Behaviour: A Rapid Evidence Assessment (Martin, Viau-Deschênes, and Yogarajah, 2017)
R-319 A culturally-informed and culturally-safe exploration of self-injury desistance in aboriginal offenders (Beaudette, Nolan, Power, Varis and Ritchie, 2014)
R-317 Staff Perspectives on Working with Aboriginal Offenders who Self-Injure: What Works, What Doesn't, and the Role of Culture (Power, Beaudette and Varis, 2014)
R-303 Self-Injurious Behaviour in Treatment Centres: Correlates, Trajectories, and Descriptive Analysis (Power and Beaudette, 2014)
R-294 A Qualitative Study of Self-Injurious Behaviour in Treatment Centres (Power and Beaudette, 2013)
R-293 A Replication Study of Self-Injury Incidents in CSC Institutions Over a Thirty-Month Period (Power, Gordon, Sapers and Beaudette, 2012)
R-276 Working With Offenders Who Self-Injure: Fostering Staff Resilience In High Stress Situations (Power and Usher, 2014)
R-270 Self-Injurious Behaviour in Male Offenders: A Multi-Method Investigation (Power, Beaudette and Usher, 2012)
R-269 A Qualitative Study of Self-Injurious Behaviour in Male Offenders (Power, Beaudette and Usher, 2012)
R-251 A Descriptive Analysis of Self-injurious Behaviour in Federally Sentenced Women (Power and Usher, 2011)
R-250 Correlates and Trajectories to Self-Injurious Behaviour in Federally Sentenced Men (Power and Usher, 2011)
R-249 Self-Injurious Behaviour in Federally Sentenced Women: An Archival Study (Power and Usher, 2011)
R-245 Correlates and Trajectories to Self-Injurious Behaviour in Federally Sentenced Women (Power and Usher, 2011)
R-233 Self-Injury Incidents in CSC Institutions Over a Thirty-Month Period (Gordon, 2010)
R-225 A Qualitative Study of Self-Injurious Behaviour in Women Offenders (Power and Usher, 2010)
R-221 A comparative review of the suicide and self-injury investigative reports in a canadian federal correctional population (Power and Riley, 2010)
R-220 Assessment, intervention, and prevention of self-injurious behaviour in correctional environments (Usher, Power and Wilton, 2010)
R-216 Self-Injurious Behaviour: A Review of the Literature and Implications for Corrections (Power and Brown, 2010)
RIB-22-15 Pandemic Era Impacts on Drug Overdoses and Suicide (2022)
B47 Concurrent Validity and Normative Data of the Depression Hopelessness and Suicide Screening Form with Women Offenders (Mills and Kroner, 2010) See Brief (B) disclaimer
ERR-11-1 Preliminary Results from the Men's Self-Injurious Behaviour Study (2011)
ERR-10-1 Preliminary Results from the Women's Self-Injurious Behaviour Study (2010)
RR-10-02 The Difference between Suicide Attempts and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury(2010)
Archive
R123 Women Offenders who Engage in Self-harm: A Comparative Investigation (Wichmann, Serin and Abracen, 2002)
R91 Predicting Suicide Attempts Among Male Offenders in Federal Penitentiaries (Wichmann, Serin and Motiuk, 2000)
Mental health
R-441 Qualitative Examination of Specific Responsivity Factors of Correctional Program Participants with Mental Health Symptoms, Cognitive Impairment, or Learning Disabilities (Sheahan, C., Tanga, M., Wardrop, K., & Bah, R., 2023)
R-435 Institutional Behaviour and Post-Release Outcomes for Veteran Men Offenders (Farrell MacDonald, S., & Cram, S., 2020)
R-420 Prevalence of Mental Disorder Among Federal Women Offenders: Intake and In-Custody (Brown, Barker, McMillan, Norman, Derkzen, Stewart, and Wardrop, 2018)
R-411 Inter-rater Reliability and Concurrent Validity of the MHNS (Stewart, L., Wanamaker, K., Wilton, G., & Toor, G. 2018)
R-410 An Examination of the Mental Health Continuum of Care in CSC (Stewart, L., Wardrop, K., Thompson, J., Wilton, G., & Wanamaker, K. 2018)
R-409 Mental Health Needs of Veterans in the Canadian Correctional System: A Brief Review (Agterberg, Beauchamp, and Farrell-MacDonald, 2018)
R-406 National Prevalence of Mental Disorders among Federally Sentenced Women Offenders: In Custody Sample (Brown, Barker, McMillan, Norman, Derkzen, and Stewart, 2018)
R-404 Comorbid Mental Disorders: Prevalence and Impact on Community Outcomes (Stewart, Gamwell, and Wilton, 2018)
R-398 Health and service access challenges for correctional offenders with mental health and substance use problems in transition from incarceration to community: A literature review (Murphy, Ali, and Fischer, 2018)
R-387 Approved and Off-Label Use of Prescribed Psychotropic Medications Among Federal Offenders (Brown, Rabinowitz, Boudreau, and Wright, 2017)
R-382 Prescription Practices for Psychotropic Medications in the Community and in Prison Populations: Review of Current Literature (Brown, 2017)
R-379 Comorbid Mental Disorders: Prevalence and Impact on Institutional Outcomes (Stewart, and Wilton, 2017)
R-373 Prevalence of Psychotropic Medication Prescription among Federal Offenders (Farrell-MacDonald, Keown, Boudreau, Gobeil and Wardrop, 2015)
R-367 Intellectual Deficits among Incoming Federally Sentenced Men and Women Offenders: Prevalence, Profiles, Outcomes (Stewart, Wilton, Kelly, Nolan, and Talisman, 2016)
R-357 National Prevalence of Mental Disorders among Incoming Federally-Sentenced Men (Beaudette, Power and Stewart, 2015)
R-355 Correctional Health Promotion and Health Education Initiatives: A Review of the Literature (Nolan, A., and Stewart, L. 2015)
R-346 Assessing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Women Offenders (Forrester, Davis, Moser, MacPherson, Gobeil and Chudley, 2015)
R-337 The Impact of the Community Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) (Farrell-MacDonald, Stewart and Feeley, 2014)
R-336 Resilience Factors Related to Success on Release for Offenders with Mental Disorders (Stewart, Brine, Wilton, Power and Hnain, 2015)
R-335 Outcomes for Sex Offenders with Concurrent Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders (Wilton, Stewart and Mossière, 2014)
R-333 Exposure to Trauma among Women Offenders: A Review of the Literature (Tam and Derkzen, 2014)
R-298 Prevalence Rates, Profile and Outcomes for Federally Sentenced Offenders with Cognitive Deficits (Stewart, Sapers, Cousineau, Wilton and August, 2014)
R-277 Outcomes for Offenders with Concurrent Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders (Wilton and Stewart, 2012)
R-268 Federally Sentenced Offenders with Mental Disorders: Correctional Outcomes and Correctional Response (Stewart, Wilton and Cousineau, 2012)
R-267 Mental health needs of federal women offenders (Derkzen, Booth, McConnell and Taylor, 2012)
R-244 Validation of the Computerised Mental Health Intake Screening System (CoMHISS) in a Federal Male Offender Population (Stewart, Wilton and Malek, 2011)
R-230 Initial Results of the Computerized Mental Health Intake Screening System (CoMHISS) for Federally Sentenced Women (Archambault, Stewart, Wilton and Cousineau, 2010)
R-218 An Initial Report on the Results of the Pilot of the Computerized Mental Health Intake Screening System (CoMHISS) (Stewart, Harris, Wilton, Archambault, Cousineau, Varrette and Power, 2010)
R-456 High-resolution Characterization of Impulsivity and Risk Sensitivity Deficits in Canadian Adult Federal Offenders (2023) new
B-58 Agreement among Three Mental Health Screening Assessments (Wilton, Stewart and Power, 2015) See Brief (B) disclaimer
ERR-16-23 Rates of current mental disorders among women offenders in custody in CSC (2017)
ERR-14-03 Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders Among Incoming Federal Offenders: Prairie Region (2014)
ERR-14-02 Agreement Among Three Mental Health Screening Assessments Conducted at Intake (2014)
ERR-13-03 Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders Among Incoming Federal Offenders: Atlantic, Ontario, and Pacific Regions (2013)
ERR-10-02 Validating the Computerized Mental Health Intake Screening System (2010)
ERR-12-01 Recidivism in Pharmacologically Treated High Risk/High Need Sex Offenders (2012)
ERR-12-02 Benefits of Psychotropic Drugs in High Risk/High Need Sexual Offenders (2012)
RIB-20-03 What is the Impact of Duration of Service for Veteran Men Offenders? (2020)
RIB-20-01 Characteristics of Men Offenders who Self-Reported Veteran Status (2020)
RR-16-10 A Review of the Literature on the Prevention and Treatment of Vicarious Trauma (2017)
RR 13-01 Using Telemedicine with Offenders: A Promising Practice (2013)
RS-14-16 Patterns of Release Conditions Related to Mental Health among Offenders Supervised in the Community (2014)
RS-14-14 Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders among Incoming Federal Men Offenders in Three Regions: Analysis by Age Group (2014)
RS-13-09 Concurrent Disorders and Substance Abuse Disorders Among Ethnic Offenders (2014)
RS-12-09 Comparing the Mental Health Treatment and Abuse Histories of Men and Women Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program (MMTP) Participants (2012)
Archive
R163 Evaluation of Psychosocial Rehabilitation within the Women's Structured Living Environments (Sly and Taylor, 2005)
R95 The Utility of Clinical and Actuarial Risk Assessments for Offenders in Pre-Release Psychiatric Decison-Making (Serin, Mailloux and Hucker, 2000)
R46 Female Offenders With and Without Major Mental Health Problems: A Comparative Investigation (Blanchette and Motiuk, 1996)
R33 The Prison Careers of Offenders with Mental Disorders (Porporino and Motiuk, 1994)
R28 A Historical Review of the Role and Practice of Psychology in the Field of Corrections (Watkins, 1992)
R24 The Prevalence, Nature and Severity of Mental Health Problems among Federal Male Inmates in Canadian Penitentiaries (Motiuk and Porporino, 1991)
R9 Development and Validation of a Psychological Referral Screening Tool (Serin, 1991)
Physical health
R-453 Health and Well-being of Older Offenders on Conditional Release in the Community (2023)
R-355 Correctional Health Promotion and Health Education Initiatives: A Review of the Literature (Nolan, and Stewart, 2015)
R-332 Self-Reported Physical Health Status of Incoming Federally-Sentenced Women Offenders (Nolan and Stewart, 2014)
R-314 Self-Reported Physical Health Status of Newly Admitted Federally-Sentenced Men Offenders (Stewart, Sapers, Nolan and Power, 2014)
R-275 Older incarcerated women offenders: Social support and health needs (Michel, Gobeil and McConnell, 2012)
B-59 Social Determinants of Physical Health Conditions among Incoming Canadian Federal Inmates (Stewart, Nolan, Thompson and Sapers, 2015) See Brief (B) disclaimer
RR-13-01 Using Telemedicine with Offenders: A Promising Practice (2013)
ERR-14-05 Self-Reported Physical Health Status of Incoming Federally-Sentenced Women Offenders: Comparison to Men Offenders (2014)
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