Effect of expanding training on prisoners' mental health.
- Author:
Sheng-Li LIU
1
Author Information
1. Prison Administration Bureau of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China. shl-liu@163.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Anxiety/therapy*;
Emotions;
Exercise Therapy/methods*;
Female;
Health Education/methods*;
Humans;
Interpersonal Relations;
Male;
Mental Disorders/therapy*;
Mental Health;
Middle Aged;
Prisoners/psychology*;
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Young Adult
- From:
Journal of Forensic Medicine
2009;25(5):355-358
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of expanding training on the mental health of the prisoners and to provide the references to the innovation of the mental health education for the prisoners.
METHODS:Questionnaire, observation, interview and mathematical statistic analysis were used. 100 male and 100 female prisoners from two prisons in East China were investigated by Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90).
RESULTS:Eight of the ten factors in SCL-90 showed the level of statistically significance, which includes obsessive-compulsive symptoms, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, compulsion, hostility, psychoticism and others. Expanding training could be helpful to improve the mental health of the prisoners.
CONCLUSION:Expanding training can be used in mental health education of the prisoners.
