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2. For example, a review of research found that
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fifth of prisoners, and rates of self-harm range from
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3. UNODC, Handbook on Women and Imprisonment,
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4. World Health Organization, Promoting mental
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5. See: American Psychiatric Association, What Is
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6. World Health Organization, The World Health
Report 2001, Mental Health: New Understanding,
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7. The World Health Organization estimates that
worldwide, about 10 per cent of pregnant women
and 13 per cent of women who have just given
birth experience a mental disorder, primarily
depression. In developing countries this is even higher,
i.e. 15.6 per cent during pregnancy and 19.8 per cent
after childbirth. See: www.who.int/mental_health/
maternal-child/maternal_mental_health/en.
8. Enggist S, Møller L, Galea G and Udesen C (eds), Prisons
and Health, World Health Organization, 2014, p91.
9. Ibid.
10. For example, between 76 to 85 per cent of people
with severe mental disorders (in the community) in
low-income and middle-income countries and 35 to
50 per cent in high-income countries have received
no treatment. The 66th World Health Assembly,
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12. UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, Guidelines on article 14 of the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities: The right to liberty and security of
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13. Thailand Institute of Justice, Women prisoners and
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14. Brandt R, ‘The mental health of people living with HIV/
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17. World Health Organization and the International
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• UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Handbook on Women
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