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New research on mental illness in women from Center for Health Research summarized

Published in Mental Health Law Weekly, July 14th, 2007

New research, "Mental health status of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian prisoners," is the subject of a report. In this recent study, researchers in Australia conducted a study "To compare the mental health of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal prisoners in New South Wales. The sample consisted of a cross-sectional random sample of sentenced prisoners, and a consecutive sample of reception prisoners."

"The sample was drawn from 29 correctional centres (27 male, two female) across New South Wales. Overall, 1208 men (226 Aboriginal), and 262 women (51 Aboriginal) participated in the study. Mental illness was detected using the Composite International Diagnostic...

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