Deaths in custody in the Irish prison service: 5-year retrospective study of drug toxicology and unnatural deaths

Mental health and substance misuse disorders are associated with unnatural deaths in prisoners. Deaths in Irish prisons between 2009 and 2014 were retrospectively analysed using coroner's findings, including post-mortem toxicology. There were 69 deaths in custody, 38 of which met inclusion crit...

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Autores principales: Iqtidar, Madeeha, Sharma, Kapil, Mullaney, Ronan, Kelly, Enda, Keevans, Mary, Cullinane, Myra, Kennedy, Harry, Mohan, Damian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2018
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6171332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30294449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2018.53
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author Iqtidar, Madeeha
Sharma, Kapil
Mullaney, Ronan
Kelly, Enda
Keevans, Mary
Cullinane, Myra
Kennedy, Harry
Mohan, Damian
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description Mental health and substance misuse disorders are associated with unnatural deaths in prisoners. Deaths in Irish prisons between 2009 and 2014 were retrospectively analysed using coroner's findings, including post-mortem toxicology. There were 69 deaths in custody, 38 of which met inclusion criteria. All deaths by overdose (16) were positive for illicit drugs; 53% of deaths (8 of 15) due to hanging were also positive for illicit drugs, and 29% of deaths (2 of 7) from other causes were toxicology positive. In conclusion, 26 unnatural deaths (68%) were associated with use of illicit drugs, which are a major contributory factor to deaths of prisoners. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None.
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spelling pubmed-61713322018-10-05 Deaths in custody in the Irish prison service: 5-year retrospective study of drug toxicology and unnatural deaths Iqtidar, Madeeha Sharma, Kapil Mullaney, Ronan Kelly, Enda Keevans, Mary Cullinane, Myra Kennedy, Harry Mohan, Damian BJPsych Open Short Report Mental health and substance misuse disorders are associated with unnatural deaths in prisoners. Deaths in Irish prisons between 2009 and 2014 were retrospectively analysed using coroner's findings, including post-mortem toxicology. There were 69 deaths in custody, 38 of which met inclusion criteria. All deaths by overdose (16) were positive for illicit drugs; 53% of deaths (8 of 15) due to hanging were also positive for illicit drugs, and 29% of deaths (2 of 7) from other causes were toxicology positive. In conclusion, 26 unnatural deaths (68%) were associated with use of illicit drugs, which are a major contributory factor to deaths of prisoners. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None. Cambridge University Press 2018-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6171332/ /pubmed/30294449 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2018.53 Text en © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
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Iqtidar, Madeeha
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Kelly, Enda
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Cullinane, Myra
Kennedy, Harry
Mohan, Damian
Deaths in custody in the Irish prison service: 5-year retrospective study of drug toxicology and unnatural deaths
title Deaths in custody in the Irish prison service: 5-year retrospective study of drug toxicology and unnatural deaths
title_full Deaths in custody in the Irish prison service: 5-year retrospective study of drug toxicology and unnatural deaths
title_fullStr Deaths in custody in the Irish prison service: 5-year retrospective study of drug toxicology and unnatural deaths
title_full_unstemmed Deaths in custody in the Irish prison service: 5-year retrospective study of drug toxicology and unnatural deaths
title_short Deaths in custody in the Irish prison service: 5-year retrospective study of drug toxicology and unnatural deaths
title_sort deaths in custody in the irish prison service: 5-year retrospective study of drug toxicology and unnatural deaths
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6171332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30294449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2018.53
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