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Mental Health

Mental Health Awareness for Prison Staff (Musselwhite, et al., 2004)
  
Mental Health Awareness Training for Prison Officers: Evaluation of a training video (Walsh, 2004)
 
Health in prisons. A WHO guide to the essentials in prison health (Stöver, Jürgens, Gatherer & Nikogosian, 2007)
This publication makes recommendation to improve inmates’ mental health given that the initial period into a prison can be traumatic and exacerbate emotional instability and/or mental health issues. Among the multiple recommendation are: clear procedures during the induction period to reduce mental distress and reception staff training to identify warning signs of distress and mental health problems; an environment that sends a message of positive expectations and respect and promoting anti-bullying and anti-mobbing.
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This project is financed by ERASMUS+ programme, KA2 – Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices, Strategic partnerships for adult education. 
This website has been accomplished in the scope of the project "- Leadership development for occupational stress reduction in correctional settings " (LEADCOR), Grant Agreement no. 2019-1-PT01-KA204-061285, implemented with financial support of the European Commission by the Erasmus+ Programme. This website reflects the views only of the author, hence neither the Portuguese National Agency nor the European Commission can be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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