FRONT COVER -- Psychiatry in Prisons: A Comprehensive Handbook -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Introduction - The History of Prison Psychiatry -- 2. The Current Structure of the Prison Service -- 3. Delivering Mental Health Services in Prison -- 4. Health Screening in Prisons -- 5. Mentally Ill Prisoners and Mental Health Issues in Prison -- 6. Suicide, Attempted Suicide and Self-injury in Prison -- 7. Managing Substance Misuse in Prison -- 8. The Young Offender -- 9. Women in Prison -- 10. Elderly Prisoners -- 11. People with Intellectual Disabilities in Prison -- 12. Black and Minority Ethnic Prisoners -- 13. Sex Offenders and Vulnerable Prisoners -- 14. Consent to Treatment, the Mental Health Act, and the Mental Capacity Act -- 15. Hunger Strike and Food Refusal -- 16. Psychiatric Reports -- 17. The Lifer System in England and Wales -- 18. Psychology in Prisons -- 19. Prison Therapeutic Regimes -- 20. Death in Custody -- 21. Prisons Inspection -- 22. International Perspectives (I) - An Overview of US Correctional Mental Health -- 23. International Perspectives (II) - Delivery of Mental Health Services in New Zealand Prisons: Context and Approaches -- 24. Inside-Outside: Ethical Dilemmas in Prison Psychiatry -- 25. Prison Language as an Organisational Defence Against Anxiety -- The Contributors -- References -- Legal Cases -- Subject Index -- Author Index -- back cover.