SMP: first-time incarceration survey - Cohort of Detained Individuals: Mental Health Study 
Head :
Falissard Bruno, INSERM U669
Last update : 09/05/2017 | Version : 1 | ID : 4174
| General | |
| Identification | |
| Detailed name | Cohort of Detained Individuals: Mental Health Study |
| Sign or acronym | SMP: first-time incarceration survey |
| General Aspects | |
| Medical area |
Psychology and psychiatry |
| Keywords | first-time offenders, mental health, prison, prevalence |
| Scientific investigator(s) (Contact) | |
| Name of the director | Falissard |
| Surname | Bruno |
| Address | Inserm U669 Maison de Solenn 97 boulevard du Port Royal 75679 Paris Cedex |
| Phone | +33 (0)1 58 41 58 50 |
| falissard_b@wanadoo.fr | |
| Unit | INSERM U669 |
| Organization | INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE |
| Collaborations | |
| Participation in projects, networks and consortia |
Yes |
| Details | CEMKA Eval |
| Funding | |
| Funding status |
Public |
| Details | Directorate General for Health (DGS); Prison Administration Directorate (DAP) |
| Governance of the database | |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | Direction générale de la Santé (DGS) |
| Organisation status |
Public |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | Direction de l'Administration Pénitentiaire (DAP) |
| Organisation status |
Public |
| Additional contact | |
| Main features | |
| Type of database | |
| Type of database |
Study databases |
| Study databases (details) |
Cohort study |
| Database recruitment is carried out by an intermediary |
An administrative base or a register |
| Base or register (detail) | Incarceration register. |
| Database recruitment is carried out as part of an interventional study |
No |
| Additional information regarding sample selection. | The institutions included in the study are selected from a sampling strategy according to the institution type and size (maison centrale [long-term detention facility]; centre de détention [intermediate detention facility]; maison d'arrêt [short-term detention facility]), while also specifying the number of interviews per institution. The survey is offered to all first-time offenders by the reception staff upon entering the facility; the interview is then scheduled the following week if accepted. |
| Database objective | |
| Main objective |
Detailed description of this specific prison population and comparison with prevalent prison population (sub-sample of cross-sectional maisons d'arrêt survey); outcome of disorders at 1 month and qualitative analysis at 9 months.
(Initial aim: to determine specific factors for mental health deterioration in the short term. Aim is not achievable given the small number of individuals still present at the institution 9 months after their arrival). |
| Inclusion criteria | Individuals randomly drawn from available records at the Fresnes National Observation Centre and the diagnosis contained. |
| Population type | |
| Age |
Adulthood (19 to 24 years) Adulthood (25 to 44 years) Adulthood (45 to 64 years) |
| Population covered |
Sick population |
| Gender |
Male |
| Geography area |
National |
| Detail of the geography area | 4 metropolitan maisons d'arrêt (Fleury-Mérogis, Les Baumettes, maisons d'arrêt in Lyon and Loos-les-Lille) |
| Data collection | |
| Dates | |
| Date of first collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 12/2003 |
| Date of last collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 08/2005 |
| Size of the database | |
| Size of the database (number of individuals) |
< 500 individuals |
| Details of the number of individuals | 300 |
| Data | |
| Database activity |
Data collection completed |
| Type of data collected |
Clinical data Declarative data |
| Clinical data (detail) |
Medical registration |
| Details of collected clinical data | Psychological tests (MINI); personality assessment (by TCI hetero-applied version); abstract assessment (similar to WAIS); severity of disorder (by CGI - Clinical Global Impression scale). |
| Declarative data (detail) |
Face to face interview |
| Details of collected declarative data | Sociodemographic, personal and family history of the individual. |
| Presence of a biobank |
No |
| Health parameters studied |
Health event/morbidity |
| Procedures | |
| Data collection method | Two clinicians (a psychiatrist and clinical psychologist) interviewed the individuals together. The psychologist conducted a structured interview in line with MINI (Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview) guidelines. The psychiatrist then carried out an open interview with the prisoner (personal, family and legal history prior to incarceration). Each clinician independently gave one (or several) diagnosis/diagnoses (MINI- and clinically-generated); finally they met and concluded with a consensus list of one (or several) diagnosis/diagnoses. They also separately and then together assessed the severity of the individual's condition (CGI severity scale) and his history. |
| Participant monitoring |
Yes |
| Monitoring procedures |
Monitoring by contact with the referring doctor |
| Details on monitoring of participants | Follow-up for 1 year after incarceration. |
| Links to administrative sources |
Yes |
| Linked administrative sources (detail) | Prison number |
| Promotion and access | |
| Promotion | |
| Link to the document | http://www.justice.gouv.fr/art_pix/rapport_detenus_MS_2004pdf.pdf |
| Access | |
| Terms of data access (charter for data provision, format of data, availability delay) |
Report accessible to all: Study by the Ministry of Health (Directorate General for Health) and the Ministry of Justice (Prison Administration Directorate).
December 2004. |
| Access to aggregated data |
Access on specific project only |
| Access to individual data |
Access on specific project only |
