Mental Health among Elderly Inmates: Mini Review

Authors: Upasen R

DOI: 10.23880/mhrij-16000130

Volume 3, Issue 2

Abstract

Elderly inmates are considered as a vulnerability group of prisoners. There are amount of elderly inmates increasingly in many countries as Thailand. The elderly inmates who are 60 years or older are arrested because they need to offense about substance; be guardian and offender instead of their descendants; living lonely; need to be cared by staff of the Prions or Detention centers; and need to have food in each day, peers, and caregivers during staying in the Prison or Detention center.

Keywords: Stress; Drugs; Alcohol

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