Shrinking psych hospitals may be linked with rising prison populations

By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) - Reducing the number of beds in facilities for psychiatric patients is linked to an increase in prison populations, according to a new study. Prison population rose as the number of psychiatric beds decreased since 1990 among six South American countries, researchers found. “This is clearly not a definitive study that can’t provide cause and effect findings,” said the study’s lead author Dr. Adrian Mundt. “Clearly this is a starting point to discuss this more and provide a new angle to this problem. ...



via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News http://ift.tt/13hDRn9