It has been widely assumed that prison is destructive to the psychological and emotional well-being of those it detains. However, this assumption has rarely been critically examined. The present report evaluated the evidence pertaining to the effects of imprisonment. Studies on the effects of prison crowding, long-term imprisonment and short-term detention, solitary confinement, death row, and the health risks associated with imprisonment provide inconclusive evidence regarding the “pains of imprisonment.” Rather, the evidence points to the importance of individual differences in adapting to incarceration. As the use of incarceration is unlikely to decrease in the near future, research on its effects is urgently needed and a situation-by-person approach may be the most fruitful research strategy.

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Reexamining the cruel and unusual punishment of prison life

The present study was to assess the potential usefulness of the Zung Self-rating Scale with 173 family escorts, 218 nondepressed, and 369 depressed clients. Findings for reliability and for discrim...

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pr0.1985.57.3f.1091

Reliability, discriminant and predictive validity of the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale

Modern Synopsis of Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry

Cancer and stress

The Criminal, the Judge, and the Public

Cognitive Attitude Modification for Depression

The Effects of Long-term Detention

Although fossil remains of human-like skeltetons have been found dating back to about 2 to 5 million years agol, recent studies have indicated that hominids existed at least 1 million years prior to thiS2. During a great famine or drought, primates that would eventually evolve into homo sapiens withdrew for better feeding and safety to the tropical seashores of Eastern Africa. There, random natural selection processes made them more streamlined for swimming purposes. They lost their hair and developed a bony ridge designed to support the evolving roof of cartilage over the nose: for

The Acquatic Ape Theory, The Diving Reflex, Anxiety and Hyperventilation

THE most serious crimes, both to victims and the accused are those of violence, such as murder, armed robbery, rape, and assault. A study of detainees charged with such crimes awaiting trial indicates a common complaint of easy loss of temper over the slightest reasons (real or imagined). Long-term drug use to cut down on tensions has fostered drug dependency. Some are unable to remain calm in their prison milieu without some form of tranquilizer or psychotropic medication. Those kept in detention centers such as the Brooklyn House of Detention for Men and the New York City Correctional Institution for Women, have been unable to meet the bail requirements or are held without bail. Almost a11 are impoverished and represent the most deprived elements of society. With little or no education, little

Sheldon Cholst

Papers

Cognitive Attitude Modification for Depression

The Effects of Long-term Detention

The Acquatic Ape Theory, The Diving Reflex, Anxiety and Hyperventilation

Therapy of Loss of Temper and Crimes of Violence