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https://www.scotsman.com/health/brain-screening-for-prisoners-could-cut-reoffending-and-suicides-1-4912291 Quoting:

Routinely screening prisoners for brain injuries could cut re-offending rates and reduce the number of suicides in custody, it has been claimed. Experts believe Scotland could lead the world in understanding how past head trauma can bring individuals into contact with the criminal justice system.

Research published this year showed a quarter of inmates in Scotland’s prisons have been hospitalised following a knock to the head at some point in their lives, an injury which could potentially lead to personality changes including increased aggression and poorer judgement.

Now neuropsychologists hope the introduction of routine screening could identify those at risk. Tom McMillan, a professor of clinical neuropsychology at Glasgow University, said a short questionnaire could be introduced for those entering prison, with a ten-minute screening assessment for those needing further investigation.

“The idea would be that when prisoners come into prison, they would get a short health interview and it would have a brief questionnaire about head injuries that would signpost to whether there needed to be a screening assessment or not,” he said. McMillan said that while something similar currently exists for those entering police custody, there is no equivalent in prison. . . “I wouldn’t want this to be seen as separate from the other problems prisoners have; we want to integrate this with other health-related issues. The overall purpose is to reduce the likelihood of prisoners going out and re-offending as there’s a high rate of re-offending in the first year after release.”

Dr Ivan Pitman, who carried out a study on brain injuries at HMP Leeds on behalf of the Disabilities Trust, said young working-class men were not only the most likely to be in prison, but also one of the group’s most likely to have sustained a head injury. . . “You expect going into a prison to find a rate possibly higher than the 12 per cent rate in the general population, but the shocker when we went to Leeds was that we found a prevalence rate of 47 per cent, almost half of prisoners. It seems that our vulnerable individuals – our prisoners, our homeless population, some veterans, refugees – are showing some evidence of them having histories that are indicative of them suffering brain injuries. These excluded, marginalised populations have significant history of brain injury.”

Amid growing awareness of the health risks associated with repeated blows to the head, scientists in the United States have begun drawing links between contact sports such as American football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a type of dementia.

Pitman said there was “no shadow of a doubt” there are people in the UK prison system suffering from CTE. And he said there are people with head injuries who have been misdiagnosed as suffering from mental health problems. Those who have suffered a head trauma known to be up to five times more at risk of suicide. He said: “A brain injury never really injects bad behaviour into somebody, but it takes away their ability to stop themselves doing things. It exacerbates pre-existing behaviours. Guys who might previously have steered clear of the criminal justice system end up coming into it.”




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Post Sary Sat 18 May - 12:46

It is a good that there is a growing awareness of the long lasting effects of traumatic brain injury but, the article does not say how the prison system treats the people, once they have been screened for CTE.
Unfortunately there is no cure for brain injuries. It can be managed with anti anxiety medication and cognitive behavior therapy.  
Children's brains are more susceptible to permanent brain damage, because it is still developing, child abuse has long term effects, physically as well as mentally. The number of concussions sustained puts one at a greater risk.

There is some debate whether or not TBI causes deviant behavior or that men who are naturally more reckless and prone to aggression and criminal activity are the ones who will have head injuries.
 Motorcycle and car accidents, gunshots, repeated blows to the head from fighting, participating in risky sports like football, boxing, skiing all increase the chances of brain injury and permanent disability.

Prevention is the best medicine when it comes to brain injury.
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