Variations in services and intervention pathways for traumatic stress in Welsh prisons: A national survey

Kalebic, Natasha, Crole-Rees, Clare, Tomlin, Jack, Berrington, Claudia, Popovic, Isidora and Forrester, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2510-1249 2024. Variations in services and intervention pathways for traumatic stress in Welsh prisons: A national survey. Medico-Legal Journal 92 (1) , pp. 50-53. 10.1177/00258172231214432

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Abstract

Both Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are prevalent in prison settings. Both often go undetected and untreated, while prisoners who already suffered previous trauma may be re-traumatised upon imprisonment. The current study aimed to conduct a national survey of all Welsh prisons to gather information about existing services and treatments for traumatic stress. The survey identified variation within Welsh prisons with regard to NICE-recommended evidence-based therapies. It is therefore recommended that there needs to be development of a pathway of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the prison system which should be achieved through a consensus process of both frontline staff and experts in the field.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	0025-8172
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	26 February 2024
Date of Acceptance:	18 October 2023
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2024 13:08
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/166504

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