Approximately 978 prisoners exhibited psychiatric symptoms as early as the first week of incarceration. Those who remained in prison had follow-up interviews recorded at one and two. The results yielded data that depicted those psychiatric symptoms are prevalent during the first week of incarceration, but the presence tends to decline over a period. The overall study can be classified as observational because of the method used to collect data and type of data retrieved.
Hassan L, Birmingham L, Harty MA, Jarrett M, Jones P, King C, Lathlean J, Lowthian C, Mills A, Senior J, Thornicroft G, Webb R, Shaw J. (2011). Prospective cohort study of mental health during imprisonment. Br J Psychiatry 198(1), 37-42. DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.080333
Setia M. S. (2016). Methodology Series Module 1: Cohort Studies. Indian journal of dermatology, 61(1), 21–25. https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.174011
">One of the most influential tools used in epidemiology is a cohort study. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports the exposure and those who are unexposed to the disease of interest and tracks the participants to determine if they contract the disease of interest. In the words of Friis and Sellers cohort studies are observational, and longitudinal study that begins with people who have not been exposed but have a harmful outcome.
The 2020 KH Topic I choose to discuss the “Prospective Cohort Study of Mental Health During Imprisonment”. The aim of the scientific study was to determine how early detention or imprisonment of individuals can affect one’s mental health. This was accomplished by screening 3079 prisoners and examining their psychiatric symptoms ( Hassan, Harty, Jarrett, Jones, King, Lathlean, Lowthian, Mills, Thornicroft, Web, 2011). (DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.080333).
Approximately 978 prisoners exhibited psychiatric symptoms as early as the first week of incarceration. Those who remained in prison had follow-up interviews recorded at one and two. The results yielded data that depicted those psychiatric symptoms are prevalent during the first week of incarceration, but the presence tends to decline over a period. The overall study can be classified as observational because of the method used to collect data and type of data retrieved.
Hassan L, Birmingham L, Harty MA, Jarrett M, Jones P, King C, Lathlean J, Lowthian C, Mills A, Senior J, Thornicroft G, Webb R, Shaw J. (2011). Prospective cohort study of mental health during imprisonment. Br J Psychiatry 198(1), 37-42. DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.080333
Setia M. S. (2016). Methodology Series Module 1: Cohort Studies. Indian journal of dermatology, 61(1), 21–25. https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.174011
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