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Abstract: 

Insomnia is at least twice as prevalent among prisoners and is a risk factor for poor cognitive functioning, poor mental well-being, depression, suicide, aggression, and a failure to engage in treatment— issues that can interfere with safe prison operation, prisoner rehabilitation, and likelihood of reoffending. This article reviews an important new study published in BMJ (British Medical Journal), “Design of a Treatment Pathway for Insomnia in Prison Settings in England: A Modified Delphi Study,” by Lindsay H Dewa, Lamiece Hassan, Jenny Shaw, and Jane Senior, published in 8 BMJ Open e022406 (2018). The authors present a new approach to treating insomnia clinically in the prison setting.

Keywords: Insomnia Among Prison Inmates

Affiliations:  1: Contributing Editor.