Did female prisoners with mental disorders receive psychiatric treatment before imprisonment?

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Table 4 Previous psychiatric treatment histories for different diagnostic groups

	Total sample		No previous treatment		Previous psychiatric treatment		Previous inpatient treatment		Previous outpatient treatment
Mental disorder	N = 150	%	N = 51	%	N = 99	%	N = 80	%	N = 62	%
At least one current disorder	115	77	29	25	86	75	72	63	51	44
At least one lifetime disorder	136	91	38	28	98	72	80	59	61	45
Current affective disorder¹	35	23	7	20	28	80	22	63	22	63
Lifetime affective disorder	97	65	22	23	75	77	60	62	54	56
Substance-related disorder (one year)	93	62	21	23	72	77	64	69	41	44
Current anxiety disorder²	55	37	11	20	44	80	37	67	30	55
Lifetime anxiety disorder	65	43	14	22	51	78	43	66	35	54
Eating Disorder: Anorexia	4	3	0	0	4	100	3	75	3	75
Current psychotic disorder	3	2	0	0	3	100	3	100	2	67
Lifetime psychotic disorder	8	5	0	0	8	100	7	88	5	63
Borderline or antisocial personality disorder	53	35	10	19	43	81	41	77	28	53

¹including major depression, recurrent major depression, bipolar disorders, dysthymia and affective psychosis.
²including panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorders.

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