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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Prisoners in England and Wales, 1997

Variable Details

VariableB4MAT2
LabelDESCRIPTION OF MENTAL PROB BEFORE PRISON 2
Responses
Anxiety 1
Depression 4
Drug Addiction 1
Drug abuse 1
Emotional problems 1
Manic depressive 1
Mood swings 1
Severe anxiety attac 1
Violent abuse as chi 1
abuse as child 1
addictiion to amphet 1
agoraphobia 1
alcholism 1
alcohol abuse 1
alcoholproblems 1
anger control 1
anxiety 9
anxiety attacks 2
binge drinking 1
blood too fast 1
depressed 1
depression 26
drinking problems 1
drug abuse 1
drug addiction 3
drug dependence 1
heroine addiction 1
institutionalisation 1
neerves 1
nervous 1
none 3
panic attacks 3
paranoia 2
paranoid schifrenic 1
partly schizophrenic 1
personality disorder 1
post traumatic stres 2
psychosis 1
psychotic 1
psychotic tendancies 1
rage attacks 1
severe depression 2
stress 4
suicidal 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Prisoners in England and Wales, 1997
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