Publications by authors named "Nabila Z Chowdhury"
Article Synopsis
- People with psychosis face higher rates of early death and disproportionately interact with the criminal justice system, but the impact of criminal penalties on their mortality remains understudied.
- This study investigated how various types of recent criminal sanctions, like court diversion and imprisonment, affect mortality rates in individuals with psychotic disorders, using comprehensive data from New South Wales, Australia.
- Results showed that out of 83,071 participants, nearly one-third had received a criminal sanction, and the research aimed to identify the causes of death and differences in mortality rates based on the type of sanction applied, with a focus on those under 65 years old.
Background: Mental health services are available for young people involved with the criminal justice system. However, they have unmet mental health needs after the expiration of criminal justice supervision.
Objective: To determine the incidence rate and identify predictors of psychiatric hospitalisations within 24 months after the expiration of criminal justice supervision among young people involved with the New South Wales (NSW) criminal justice system.
Background: An association exists between psychosis and criminal offending, which evidence suggests can be reduced by effective mental health care for this vulnerable population. However mental health services often lose contact with people after diagnosis. The association between the first episode of psychosis and criminal offending highlights the need for effective mental health care for this vulnerable population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Psychosis is a known risk factor for offending behavior, but little is known about the association between clinical contact with mental health services after an offense and reoffending.
Objective: To examine the association between early contact with mental health services and reoffending after an index offense in individuals with psychosis.
Design, Setting, And Participants: In this cohort study, individuals diagnosed with psychosis before their index offense from July 1, 2001, to December 31, 2012, and who received a noncustodial sentence were identified by linking health and offending databases in New South Wales, Australia.
Background: Psychosis is more prevalent among people in prison compared with the community. Early detection is important to optimise health and justice outcomes; for some, this may be the first time they have been clinically assessed.
Aims: Determine factors associated with a first diagnosis of psychosis in prison and describe time to diagnosis from entry into prison.
Background: With significant numbers of individuals in the criminal justice system having mental health problems, court-based diversion programmes and liaison services have been established to address this problem.AimsTo examine the effectiveness of the New South Wales (Australia) court diversion programme in reducing re-offending among those diagnosed with psychosis by comparing the treatment order group with a comparison group who received a punitive sanction.
Method: Those with psychoses were identified from New South Wales Ministry of Health records between 2001 and 2012 and linked to offending records.