SN 4320 -ONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Prisoners in England and Wales, 1997

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Title:
ONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Prisoners in England and Wales, 1997

Subject Categories:
Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys - Major studies
Health services and medical care - Health
Crime and law enforcement - Law, crime and legal systems
Mental health - Health
Morbidity and mortality - Population, vital statistics and censuses
Use and provision of specific social services - Social welfare policy and systems

Depositor(s):
Office for National Statistics

Principal Investigator(s):
Office for National Statistics

Sponsor(s):
Department of Health. High Security Psychiatric Services Commissioning Board

Project Number: PA ; 344

Other Acknowledgements:
OPCS and the Central Statistical Office merged in April 1996 to form the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Professor Jeremy Coid, Department of Psychiatry, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, provided advice and assistance in the analysis of the data relating to personality disorder.

Abstract:
The Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity in Great Britain aim to provide up-to-date information about the prevalence of psychiatric problems among people in Great Britain, as well as their associated social disabilities and use of services. The series started in 1993, and so far consists of the following surveys:

OPCS Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity: Private Household Survey, 1993 - this covered 10,000 adults aged 16 to 64 years living in private households
a supplementary sample of 350 people aged 16 to 64 years with psychosis, living in private households, which was conducted in 1993-1994 and then repeated in 2000
OPCS Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity: Institutions Sample, 1994 - this covered 1,200 people aged 16 to 64 years living in institutions specifically catering for people with mental illness
OPCS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Homeless People, 1994 - this covered 1,100 homeless people aged 16 to 64 years living in hostels for the homeless or other such institutions. The sample also included people sleeping 'rough'
ONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Prisoners in England and Wales, 1997
Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Great Britain, 1999
Psychiatric Morbidity among Adults Living in Private Households, 2000 - this survey was a repeat of the 1993 private households survey
Mental Health of Young People Looked After by Local Authorities in Great Britain, 2001-2002
Mental Health of Children and Young People in Great Britain, 2004 - this was a repeat of the 1999 survey
Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007 - this survey was a repeat of the 2000 private households survey. The Information Centre for Health and Social Care took over management of the survey in 2007

The UK Data Archive (UKDA) holds data from all the surveys mentioned above apart from the 1993-1994/2000 supplementary samples of people with psychosis living in private households. Further details can be found on the Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys datasets page.

Further information about the series and links to publications can be found on the Department of Health Mental Health Surveys web page.

The Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Prisoners in England and Wales was commissioned by the Department of Health in 1997. It aimed to provide up-to-date baseline information about the prevalence of psychiatric problems among male and female remand and sentenced prisoners in order to inform policy decisions about services. Wherever possible, the survey utilised similar assessment instruments to those used in earlier surveys to allow comparison with corresponding data from the OPCS/ONS surveys of individuals resident in private household, institutions catering for people with mental health problems, and homeless people (see SNs 3560, 3585 and 3642 respectively). In addition the survey aimed to examine the varying use of services and the receipt of care in relation to mental disorder and to establish key, current and lifetime factors which may be associated with mental disorders of prisoners.

Main Topics:
The dataset contains the data from interviews with 3,142 prisoners aged 16 to 64 years from all prisons in England and Wales. These interviews included assessments of neurosis, psychosis, personality disorder, alcohol and drug dependence, deliberate self-harm, post-traumatic stress and intellectual functioning. In addition they included information on use of services before and in prison, key life events, social and economic functioning and a range of socio-demographic information. Separate samples of male remand, male sentenced, and female prisoners were selected. Information was also collected from prison records (the Local Inmates Directory System - LIDS) and medical records if permission was granted by the respondent. A sub-sample of 505 respondents also undertook a second clinical interview, and these data are included in their records on the SPSS file.

Standard Measures
Personality disorder (clinical interview): Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-II).
Psychotic disorder (clinical interview): Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) (version 1.0).
Neurotic disorder (lay interview): Clinical Interview Schedule - Revised (CIS-R).
Self-harm (lay interview): suicide attempts and ideation: five questions (based on the work of Paykel et al).
Alcohol misuse (lay interview): Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT).
Drug dependence (lay interview): five questions taken from the ECA study and used in other OPCS (ONS) psychiatric morbidity surveys.
Intellectual functioning (lay interview): QUICK test.

Coverage:
Dates of Fieldwork: October 1997-December 1997
Country: England and Wales
Spatial Units: No information recorded
Observation Units: Individuals
Kind of Data: Textual data; Numeric data; Individual (micro) level

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:Prisoners aged 16 to 64 years in all prisons in England and Wales during October to December 1997

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
separate samples for male remand, male sentenced and female prisoners; The second stage (clinical) interview sample was a systematic 1 in 5 sub-sample of those selected for initial interview.
Number of Units: Weighting factors: initial interviews - sentwt, 2nd stage interviews - fusentwt. For more details of weighting, please see technical report.
(A) 1415 (target) 1250 (obtained) Male remand (initial interview)
(B) 1254 (target) 1121 (obtained) Male sentenced (initial interview)
(C) 218 (target) 187 (obtained) Female remand (initial interview)
(D) 676 (target) 584 (obtained) Female sentenced (initial interview)
(E) 3563 (target) 3142 (obtained) All (initial interview)
(F) 248 (target) 185 (obtained) Male remand (2nd stage interview)
(G) 258 (target) 211 (obtained) Male sentenced (2nd stage interview)
(H) 33 (target) 18 (obtained) Female remand (2nd stage interview)
(I) 122 (target) 91 (obtained) Female sentenced (2nd stage interview)
(J) 661 (target) 505 (obtained) All (2nd stage interview)
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview; Transcription of existing materials; data also obtained from (a) medical records - first reception health screening form and prescription charts, and (b) Local Inmates Directory System (LIDS).

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: help@esds.ac.uk

Date of Release:
First Edition: 7 February 2001

Copyright:
Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland

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PDF	a4320ueb.pdf	175	User guide vol.5
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PDF	a4320ugb.pdf	159	User guide vol.7
PDF	a4320uhb.pdf	161	User guide vol.8
PDF	a4320uib.pdf	143	User guide vol.9
PDF	in4320.pdf	9	User guide index file
HTML	UKDA_Study_4320_Information.htm	25	Study information and citation

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