{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,3]],"date-time":"2026-10-03T00:04:12Z","timestamp":1790985852271,"version":"4.1.0"},"reference-count":24,"publisher":"Royal College of Psychiatrists","issue":"2","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,2]],"date-time":"2018-01-02T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1514851200000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":4353,"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/terms"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Br J\n Psychiatry"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2006,2]]},"abstract":"Background<\/jats:title>Information on psychiatric morbidity of prisoners has almost entirely\n been based on research in Western countries and it is uncertain whether\n these research findings are applicable to other settings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Aims<\/jats:title>The primary objective was to investigate the prevalence of psychiatric\n disorders in Iranian prisoners.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Method<\/jats:title>Through stratified random sampling, 351 prisoners were interviewed using\n the clinical version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IVAxis\n I Disorders and the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>The majority (88%) of prisoners met DSM \u2013 IV criteria for lifetime\n diagnosis of at least one Axis I disorder and 57% were diagnosed with\n current Axis I disorders. Opioid dependence (73%) had the highest\n prevalence among lifetime diagnoses, whereas major depressive disorder\n (29%) was the most common current diagnosis. Psychopathy was recorded in\n 23%. Prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders were significantly\n different among offence categories.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions<\/jats:title>The results suggest that a substantial burden of psychiatric morbidity\n exists in the prison population of Iran, with treatment challenges that\n appear to be different from those observed in inmates in Western\n countries.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.188.2.159","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,1,31]],"date-time":"2006-01-31T23:28:14Z","timestamp":1138750094000},"page":"159-164","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":84,"title":["Psychiatric morbidity among sentenced prisoners: prevalence\n study in Iran"],"prefix":"10.1192","volume":"188","author":[{"given":"Seyed Mohammad","family":"Assadi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maryam","family":"Noroozian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mahdi","family":"Pakravannejad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Omid","family":"Yahyazadeh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shahrokh","family":"Aghayan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Seyed Vahid","family":"Shariat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Seena","family":"Fazel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"170","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00115-003-1495-4"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref17","first-page":"55","article-title":"An epidemiological study of psychiatric disorders in Iran, 2001","volume":"6","author":"Mohammadi","year":"2003","journal-title":"Hakim Research Journal"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.164.1.44"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref21","volume-title":"Psychiatric Morbidity Among Prisoners in England and Wales","author":"Singleton","year":"1998"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0447.2004.00436_2.x"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0160-2527(98)00031-4"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref22","unstructured":"State Prisons Organisation and Security and Corrective Measures (2004) Ettelaat-e amari-e zendanian-e mojood dar khordad-e 1381 [Statistical data of prisoners in May 2002]. Tehran: http:\/\/www.prisons.ir\/farsi\/reports.php."},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref1","first-page":"19","article-title":"Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among convicted inmates in a Nigerian prison community","volume":"75","author":"Agbahowe","year":"1988","journal-title":"East African Medical Journal"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3109\/10401239309148971"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref3","volume-title":"Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders","year":"1994"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref24","volume-title":"Findings 188. World Prison Population List","author":"Walmsley","year":"2003"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.179.6.535"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0376-8716(98)00015-5"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0160-2527(01)00071-1"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0269881103017002011"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(02)07740-1"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref10","volume-title":"User's Guide for the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-I Axis I Disorders \u2013 Clinical Version (SCID-CV)","author":"First","year":"1997"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/09585189708412023"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref12","volume-title":"The Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL: SV)","author":"Hart","year":"1995"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref13","first-page":"236","article-title":"Hidden severe psychiatric morbidity in sentenced prisoners: an Australian study","volume":"148","author":"Herrman","year":"1991","journal-title":"American Journal of Psychiatry"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref18","first-page":"184","article-title":"Brief overview of the status of drug abuse in Iran","volume":"5","author":"Mokri","year":"2002","journal-title":"Archives of Iranian Medicine"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/1040-3590.16.1.90"},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref15","unstructured":"Islamic Republic News Agency (2001) The Check Prisoners. http:\/\/www.payvand.com\/news\/01\/nov\/084.html."},{"key":"S0007125000169636_ref19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.184.1.70"}],"container-title":["British Journal of Psychiatry"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/S0007125000169636","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,3]],"date-time":"2019-05-03T19:07:17Z","timestamp":1556910437000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/product\/identifier\/S0007125000169636\/type\/journal_article"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2006,2]]},"references-count":24,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2006,2]]}},"alternative-id":["S0007125000169636"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1192\/bjp.188.2.159","relation":{},"ISSN":["0007-1250","1472-1465"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0007-1250","type":"print"},{"value":"1472-1465","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2006,2]]}}}