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Prevalence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Detention Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Background: Previous studies have reported a high prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among people living in detention (PLD) corresponding to a five- to ten-fold increase compared to the general population.
Stéphanie Baggio, Stéphanie Baggio, Ana Fructuoso, Marta Guimaraes, Eveline Fois, Diane Golay, Patrick Heller, Nader Perroud, Candy Aubry, Susan Young, Didier Delessert, Laurent Gétaz, Nguyen T. Tran, Nguyen T. Tran, Hans Wolff   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Who Knows Best What the Next Year Will Hold for You? The Validity of Direct and Personality‐based Predictions of Future Life Experiences Across Different Perceivers

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract This study explored the validity of person judgements by targets and their acquaintances (‘informants’) in longitudinally predicting a broad range of psychologically meaningful life experiences. Judgements were gathered from four sources (targets, N = 189; and three types of informants, N = 1352), and their relative predictive validity was ...
Nele M. Wessels, Johannes Zimmermann, Daniel Leising, Jan‐Erik Lönnqvist   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The development and psychometric properties of a new Corrections Professionals Attitude Scale (PF-CPAS)

Discover Psychology
Correctional staff attitudes toward incarcerated individuals significantly influence prison culture, rehabilitative outcomes, and staff-prisoner interactions. Despite growing interest in these dynamics, few validated tools exist to assess such attitudes.
Michael D. Denhof, Rachel D. Crawley, Leigha P. Scott, Angela M. King, Michael T. Vander Horst   +4 more
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Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnosing the system: Mental health, necropolitical uncare, and the abolition of migration detention

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
wiley   +1 more source

Immigration detention centers as torturing environments: Ethical reckonings, radical refusals, and implications for a psychology of resistance

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines psychologists' ethical dilemmas in immigration detention centers. Using critical psychology, border, and detention scholarship, it highlights psychologists' historical complicity in state violence, from the U.S. Enhanced Interrogation Program to current border regimes.
Francesca Esposito, Federica de Cordova, Julia Manek, Sara Buckingham, Camilla Ponti, Francesco Tommasi, Bradley Olson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transitioning to nonpunitive school policies for addressing student substance use: Qualitative interviews with key school administrators

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent policy change in Massachusetts encourages schools to limit their use of exclusionary discipline to “extraordinary circumstances,” but little work has explored the opportunities and challenges of transitioning to nonpunitive practices after student substance use infractions in schools.
Kristina Conroy, M. Grace Albright, Kendall B. Roberts, Meghan A. Costello, Anthony J. Jannetti, Alexis R. Wing, Randi M. Schuster   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring reasons and motivations for suicide attempts in prison before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Health & Justice
Background Suicide attempts represent a critical public health concern in prison settings, where rates are substantially higher than in the general population. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced additional stressors, yet little is known about its impact on
Leonel da Cunha Gonçalves, Laurent Gétaz, Patrick Heller, Kelly Gonçalves, Judith Sultan, Diane Golay, Anja J. E. Dirkzwager, Hans Wolff, Stéphanie Baggio   +8 more
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Caregiver Reports on the Needs and Experiences of Children Impacted by Parental Incarceration: Results From an Australian Survey

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn, Lana Battaglia, Lorana Bartels, Susan Dennison, Susy Harrigan, Lee Huggins, Sofia Grage‐Moore   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The validity and reliability of the “Factors Related to Theft by Patients with Eating Disorders Questionnaire”

Eating and Weight Disorders
Purpose Although kleptomania is frequently observed in patients with eating disorders, research on its causes is scarce, and no scale exists to assess it.
Masato Takii, Junji Kishimoto, Shu Takakura, Mika Kaihara, Yuki Shimonaka, Nobuyuki Sudo, Takahiro Sawada   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source