Abstract
Until recently, treatment for mental health conditions has focused on medical and psychological therapy. The role and significance of social and community interventions and initiatives in fostering recovery, resilience and a sense of ‘flourishing’ is now being recognised. This paper seeks to explore how these principles, which are usually community-based, can be successfully applied within a prison setting, and how such interventions may have a positive effect on the mental health of prisoners through successfully engaging them with the communities they are set to return to after release while still in custody.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 658-662 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | British Journal of Nursing |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 12 Jun 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Keywords
- Prison mental health
- Exclusion
- Community engagement
- Biopsychosocial paradigm
- Stigma
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