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Insanity: Inside and Out Ed Heffernan Director PMHS Queensland
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Australian Custodial Population 30 June 2007 27,224 people in Australian prisons 70% East Coast New South Wales (10,285) Queensland (5,567) Victoria (4,183) 93% ♂, 7% ♀ 70% aged between 20 and 39 years. 24% identified as Indigenous Annual numbers
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Australian Imprisonment Rates per 100,000 population
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Male vs Female Rates
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Incarceration Rates 169 /100,000
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Indigenous Imprisonment Rates Prison Census June 2007 Non IndigenousIndigenousRate Ratio Male / 100,000312415913.3 Female/100,0002440116.7
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Australasian Prison Studies 2001 New Zealand Prisons n=1159 (Simpson & Brinded) 2003 Ethnicity and mental health need (Simpson et al) 2003 NSW Prison Study n= 1532 (Butler & Allnut) 2005 Psychosis NSW n = 110 (Neilssen and Misrachi) 2007 Aboriginal data n= 285 (Butler et al) 2006 Comparison to community n=916 Butler et al) 2006 Psychosis Qld n= 621 (White, Chant, Whiteford) 2006 Female Prisoners n=103 (Tye and Mullin)
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Mental Disorders in Australian Prisoners v Community (Butler et al, 2006)
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How big is this problem? A Rough Guess ~ 75,000 people ~ 20 - 25% will need specialist Ψ services ~ 7-10% will be psychotic
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Barriers to Treatment Security vs Health Getting In Movement, MSU’s, Protection Sudden - Tracking People No Involuntarily Treatment Suicide Cells Medication Monitor, Diversion Discharge
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How do you do it? Vast Numbers & Geography 1. Care while in custody 2. Culturally sensitive 3. Drug & Alcohol 4. Diversion to health 5. Transitional care to the community
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Prison Benchmarking How many prisons and how many people How many staff do you have What is your MOSD What do you do about D&A, A & TSI How do you ensure continuity of care Challenges
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Correctional Centres serviced
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How many do you see ? Service No of prisons Cross section of prisoner population No of prisons serviced % total receiving public MHS’s Percentage of open cases Matildas184,2001056%~25% Opals185,443 1195% ~25% Socceroos 29 10,285 2587% ~32% Wallabies123,8479?~20%
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Staffing Profile ServiceAdministration Officer Allied Health/ Health Practitioners NursingMedical Matildas 32.722.84.2 Opals 2.51424.6 Socceroos 0036.78.35 Wallabies 0001.5
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Clinician Hours / week / 1000 prisoners
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Transition from Prison to Community ServiceProvides Transition support Period of TransitionPercentage of pts receiving Service Matildas One centre only 3 weeks pre release 2-6 weeks post release >5% Opals Up to 3mths pre 2 weeks post release 3.7% WallabiesXNil0 SocceroosXNil0
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Transitions to the Community 1 st 2 weeks ↑ Suicide rate magnitudes higher ↑ Fatal OD 9.3X ♂, 6.4X ♀ (NSW retro cohort 85,203,Kariminia et al MJA 2007) ↑ suicide rates 8.5♂, 36♀ (Pratt, Lancet 2006) ↑ hospitalisation ↑ substance use relapse ↑ homelessness ↑ recidivism
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Psychological Interventions ServiceProvides Formal Psychological interventions Delivered by Matildas Opals Psychologists employed by PMHS (supplementary role) Wallabies Socceroos
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Mental Health Reports Writing ServiceProvides Reports Statuary Mental Health Act Reports Parole Board Reports Expert Witness Reports Percentage of time providing Treatment Percentage of time preparing reports Matildas 80%20% Opals 90%10% Wallabies 100%0% Socceroos 90%10%
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Drug and Alcohol Services Service % Mental health Patients with Substance Disorders D&A Interventions Offered Matildas75% (2007) Opals 84% (2006) Socceroos 66% (2001) Wallabies75-8% (2007)
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Indigenous Mental Health Worker Service Indigenous Mental Health Worker Matildas Opals Socceroos Wallabies
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Diversion
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Identified Greatest Challenges Security vs Health Ethical issues Finding a Bed Finding the patients Drug & Alcohol problems Transitioning
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What Does it Mean ? Little focus on developing MOSD 5 key areas; Improving Equity – resources & beds Integrated Drug & Alcohol Services ATSI workers Transitions Integration with broader forensic and DMHS
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