2020

Journal Articles

1. Thomas E, Spittal MJ, Taxman F, Kinner SA. Effect of contact with mental health and substance use services on reincarceration after release from prison: a prospective data linkage study. Lancet Psychiatry. (under review)
2. Bukten A, Lund IO, Kinner SA, Rognli EB, Havnes IA, Muller AE, et al. Factors associated with drug use in prison - results from the Norwegian offender mental health and addiction (NorMA) study. Health Justice. 2020 Dec;8:1-10. doi: 10.1186/s40352-020-00112-8. Epub 2020 May 12 Full text
3. Gan WQ, Kinner SA, Nicholls TL, Xavier C, Urbanoski K, Greiner L, et al. Risk of overdose-related death for people with a history of incarceration. Addiction. 2020 Oct 13. doi: 10.1111/add.15293. [Epub ahead of print] Full text
4. Crilly J, Lincoln C, Scuffham P, Byrnes J, Timms J, Becker K, van Buuren N, Fisher A, Murphy D, Zhang P, Kinner S, Green D. Effect of a 24/7 nursing presence in a police watch house on police presentations to the emergency department. Aust Health Rev. 2020 Oct 12. doi: 10.1071/AH19294. [Epub ahead of print.] Abstract
5. Davidson F, Clugston B, Perrin M, Williams M, Heffernan E, Kinner SA. Mapping the prison mental health service workforce in Australia. Australas Psychiatry. 2020 Aug;28(4):442-7. doi: 10.1177/1039856219891525. Epub 2019 Dec 23. Full text
6. Ryan N, Ackerman J, Ready J, Kinner SA. Indigeneity, prisoner visitation and reincarceration in Australia: The association between visits in prison and reincarceration for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Br J Criminol. 2020;60(4):1056-79. doi: 10.1093/bjc/azaa009. Abstract
7. Fletcher J, Buchanan-Hagen S, Brophy L, Kinner SA, Hamilton B. Consumer perspectives of safewards Impact in acute inpatient mental health wards in Victoria, Australia. Front Psychiatry. 2019 Jul 9;10:461. Epub 2019 Mar 30. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00461. Full text
8. Cumming C, Kinner SA, McKetin R, Li I, Preen D. Methamphetamine use, health and criminal justice system outcomes: A systematic review. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2020 Jul;39(5):505-518. doi: 10.1111/dar.13062. Epub 2020 Mar 24. Full text
9. Young JT, Borschmann R, Preen DB, Spittal MJ, Brophy L, Wang EA, et al. Age-specific incidence of injury-related hospital contact after release from prison: a prospective data-linkage study. Inj Prev. 2020 Jun;26(3):204-14. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2018-043092. Epub 2019 Mar 30. Abstract
10. Young JT, Borschmann R, Heffernan E, Spittal MJ, Brophy L, Ogloff JRP, et al. Contact with mental health services after acute care for self-harm among adults released from prison: a prospective data linkage study. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2020 May 2. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12639. Full text
11. Leckning B, Borschmann R, Guthridge S, Bradley P, Silburn S, Robinson G. Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal emergency department presentations involving suicide-related thoughts and behaviors. Crisis. 2020 Apr 28:1-10. Abstract
12. Kinner SA, Young JT, Snow K, Southalan L, Lopez-Acuna D, Ferreira-Borges C, et al. Prisons and custodial settings are part of a comprehensive response to COVID-19. Lancet Public Health. 2020;5(4):e188-e9. Full Text
13. McLeod KE, Butler A, Young JT, Southalan L, Borschmann R, Sturup-Toft S, et al. Global prison health care governance and health equity: a critical lack of evidence. Am J Public Health. 2020;110(3):303-8. Full Text
14. Kinner SA, Hughes N, Borschmann R, Southalan L, Clasby B, Janca E, et al. The health of children deprived of liberty: a human rights issue. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020;4(1):6-7. Full Text
15. Azzopardi PS, Willenberg L, Wulan N, Devaera Y, Medise B, Riyanti A, Ancha A, Sawyer S, Wiguna T, Kaligis F, Fisher J, Tran T, Agius P, Borschmann R, Brown A, Cini K, Clifford S, Kennedy E, Pedrana A, Pham M, Wake M, Zimmet P, Durrant K, Wiweko B, Luchters S. Direct assessment of mental health and metabolic syndrome amongst Indonesian adolescents: a study design for a mixed-methods study sampled from school and community settings. Glob Health Action. 2020;13(1):1732665. Full Text
16. Willoughby M, Spittal MJ, Borschmann R, Tibble H, Kinner SA. Violence-related deaths among people released from prison: a data linkage study. J Interpers Violence. 2020:886260520905546. Full Text
17. Borschmann R, dos Santos MM, Young JT, Andreoli SB, Love AD, Kinner SA. Health, social and criminal justice factors associated with dual diagnosis among incarcerated adults in Brazil and Australia: a cross-national comparison. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2020 Oct;55(10):1355-1362. doi: 10.1007/s00127-020-01832-w. Epub 2020 Feb 11. Full Text
18. Hughes N, Ungar M, Fagan A, Murray J, Atilola O, Nichols K, et al. Health determinants of adolescent criminalisation. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020;4(2):151-62. Full Text
19. Borschmann R, Janca E, Carter A, Willoughby M, Hughes N, Snow K, et al. The health of adolescents in detention: a global scoping review. Lancet Public Health. 2020 Feb;5(2):e114-e26. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30217-8. Epub 2020 Jan 16. Full Text
20. Keen C, Young JT, Borschmann R, Kinner SA. Non-fatal drug overdose after release from prison: a prospective data linkage study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020;206:107707. Full Text
21. Keen C, Kinner SA, Borschmann R, Young JT. Comparing the predictive capability of self-report and medically-verified non-fatal overdose in adults released from prison: a prospective data linkage study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020;206:107742. Full Text
22. Foulds J, Young JT. Pharmacotherapy for incarcerated people with a history of violence: response to commentary by Schofield et al. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2020;54(1):106-7. Full Text
23. Williamson V, Borschmann R, Zimmerman C, Howard LM, Stanley N, Oram S. Responding to the health needs of trafficked people: a qualitative study of professionals in England and Scotland. Health Soc Care Community. 2020;28(1):173-81. Full Text
24. Borschmann R, Craig S, Hiscock H. Reducing suicide after hospital-treated self-harm in young people. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020;4(2):92-3. Full Text
25. Borschmann R, Tibble H, Spittal MJ, Preen D, Pirkis J, Larney S, et al. The Mortality After Release from Incarceration Consortium (MARIC): Protocol for a multi-national, individual participant data meta-analysis. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2020 Jan 25;5(1):1145. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v5i1.1145. Full Text
26. Borschmann R, Moran PA. Treating self-harm in young people. EClinicalMedicine. 2020;19:100259. Full Text

Reports

1. Southalan L, et al. Mapping the forensic mental health policy ecosystem in Australia: A national audit of strategies, policies and plan.  A report for the National Mental Health Commission. Melbourne (Australia): University of Melbourne; 2020. Full Text

Submissions and other publications

1. Willoughby M, Janca E, Borschmann R, Young JT, Kinner SA. Preventing violence against women who have experienced incarceration: Submission to the House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs Inquiry into Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence. Melbourne (Australia): The University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children's Research Institute; 2020 Jul 23. Submission 173. Full Text
2. Kinner, SA. Witness statement to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. Melbourne (Australia): The University of Melbourne; 2020 Jul 21. Full Text
3. Snow KJ, Young JT, Borschmann RD, Southalan L, Sawyer SM, Kinner SA. Submission to the Council of Attorneys-General - Age of Criminal Responsibility Working Group review. Melbourne (Australia): The University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; 2020. Full Text

2019

Journal Articles

1. Hedrick K, Armstrong G, Borschmann R. Self-harm among asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention. Lancet Public Health. 2019;4(12):e604. Full Text
2. Butler A, Love AD, Young JT, Kinner SA. Frequent attendance to the emergency department after release from prison: a prospective data linkage study. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2019 Dec 9. doi: 10.1007/s11414-019-09685-1. Full Text
3. Borschmann R, Kinner SA. Responding to the rising prevalence of self-harm. Lancet Psychiatry. 2019;6(7):548-9. Full Text
4. Hedrick K, Armstrong G, Coffey G, Borschmann R. Self-harm in the Australian asylum seeker population: a national records-based study. SSM Popul Health. 2019;8:100452. Full Text
5. Crilly J, Johnston AN, Wallis M, Polong-Brown J, Heffernan E, Fitzgerald G, Young JT, Kinner S. Review article: clinical characteristics and outcomes of patient presentations to the emergency department via police: a scoping review. Emerg Med Australas. 2019;31(4):506-15. Full Text
6. Azzopardi PS, Hearps SJ, Francis KL, Kennedy EC, Mokdad AH, Kassebaum NJ, Lim S, Irvine CM, Vos T, Brown AD, Dogra S, Kinner SA, Kaoma NS, Naguib M, Reavley NJ, Requejo J, Santelli JS, Sawyer SM Skirbekk V, Temmerman M, Tewhaiti-Smith J, Ward JL, Viner RM, Patton GC. Progress in adolescent health and wellbeing: tracking 12 headline indicators for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016. Lancet. 2019;393(10176):1101-18. Full Text
7. de Andrade DF, Spittal MJ, Snow KJ, Taxman FS, Crilly JL, Kinner SA. Emergency health service contact and reincarceration after release from prison: a prospective cohort study. Crim Behav Ment Health. 2019;29(2):85-93. Full Text
8. Binswanger IA, Maruschak LM, Mueller SR, Stern MF, Kinner SA. Principles to guide national data collection on the health of persons in the criminal justice system. Public Health Reports. 2019;134(1_suppl):34S-45S. Full Text
9. Bedell PS, So M, Morse DS, Kinner SA, Ferguson WJ, Spaulding AC. Corrections for academic medicine: the importance of using person-first language for individuals who have experienced incarceration. Acad Med. 2019;94(2):172-5. Full Text
10. Johnston I, Williams M, Butler T, Kinner SA. Justice targets in Closing the Gap: let's get them right. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2019;43(3):201-3. Full Text
11. Fletcher J, Hamilton B, Kinner S, Sutherland G, King K, Tellez JJ, Harvey C, Brophy L. Working towards least restrictive environments in acute mental health wards in the context of locked door policy and practice. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2019;28(2):538-50. Abstract
12. Johnston AN, Spencer M, Wallis M, Kinner SA, Broadbent M, Young JT, Heffernan E, Fitzgerald G, Bosley E, Keijzers G, Scuffham P, Zhang P, Martin-Khan M, Crilly J. Review article: Interventions for people presenting to emergency departments with a mental health problem: a systematic scoping review. Emerg Med Australas. 2019;31(5):715-29. Abstract
13. Kinner SA, Borschmann R. Dual-harm, complex needs, and the challenges of multisectoral service coordination. Lancet Public Health. 2019;4(5):e210-e1. Full Text
14. Kirwan A, Curtis M, Dietze P, Aitken C, Woods E, Walker S, Kinner S, Ogloff J, Butler T, Stoove M. The Prison and Transition Health (PATH) cohort study: study protocol and baseline characteristics of a cohort of men with a history of injecting drug use leaving prison in Australia. J Urban Health. 2019;96(3):400-10. Full Text
15. Mitchell C, Puljevic C, Coomber R, White A, Cresswell SL, Bowman J, Kinner SA. Constituents of "teabacco": a forensic analysis of cigarettes made from diverted nicotine replacement therapy lozenges in smoke-free prisons. Drug Test Anal. 2019;11(1):140-56. Full Text
16. Puljević C, Coomber R, de Andrade D, Kinner SA. Barriers and facilitators of maintained smoking abstinence following release from smoke-free prisons: a qualitative enquiry. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2019;68:9-17. Abstract
17. Najman JM, Plotnikova M, Horwood J, Silins E, Fergusson D, Patton GC, et al. Does adolescent heavier alcohol use predict young adult aggression and delinquency? Parallel analyses from four Australasian cohort studies. Aggress Behav. 2019 Jul;45(4):427-36. Epub 2019 Mar 18. Full text
18. Spittal MJ, Forsyth S, Borschmann R, Young JT, Kinner SA. Modifiable risk factors for external cause mortality after release from prison: a nested case-control study. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2019;28(2):224-33. Abstract
19. Sharwood LN, Moller H, Young JT, Vaikuntam B, Ivers RQ, Driscoll T, et al. The nature and cost of readmissions after work-related traumatic spinal injuries in New South Wales, Australia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(9):1509. Full Text
20. Borschmann R, Becker D, Spry E, Youssef GJ, Olsson CA, Hutchinson DM, et al. Alcohol and parenthood: An integrative analysis of the effects of transition to parenthood in three Australasian cohorts. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 Apr 1;197:326-34. Epub 2019 Feb 13. Full Text
21. Winter RJ, Stoove M, Agius PA, Hellard ME, Kinner SA. Injecting drug use is an independent risk factor for reincarceration after release from prison: a prospective cohort study. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2019;38(3):254-63. Abstract
22. Fox AD, Moore A, Binswanger IA, Kinner SA. Deaths in custody and following release. J Health Hum Serv Adm. 2019;41(4):45-84. Abstract
23. Young JT, Borschmann R, Preen DB, Spittal MJ, Brophy L, Wang EA, Heffernan E, Kinner SA. Age-specific incidence of injury-related hospital contact after release from prison: a prospective data-linkage study. Inj Prev. 2019 Mar 30. pii: injuryprev-2018-043092. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2018-043092. Introduction
24. Young JT, Puljević C, Love AD, Janca EK, Segan CJ, Baird D, Whiffen R, Pappos S, Bell E, Kinner SA. Staying Quit After Release (SQuARe) trial protocol: a randomised controlled trial of a multicomponent intervention to maintain smoking abstinence after release from smoke-free prisons in Victoria, Australia. BMJ Open. 2019;9(6):e027307. Full Text
25. Borschmann R, Marino J. Sexual identity and mental health in young people: an opportunity to reduce health inequity. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019 Feb;3(2):57-9. Epub 2018 Dec 12. Full text
26. Ryan N, Ackerman J, Bond C, Ready J, Kinner SA. Prison life and prior social experiences: Understanding their importance for indigenous peoples’ re-entry outcomes. Br J Criminol. 2019;59(1):188-208. Abstract

Book chapters

1. Kinner SA, Borschmann R, Willoughby M, Hughes N, Southalan L, Clasby B, et al. Impacts on health of children deprived of liberty. In: Nowak M, editor. The United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty. Geneva: United Nations; 2019. Full text

Reports

1. WHO. Status report on prison health in the WHO European Region. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2019. Full text
2. Janca E, Keen C, Feldman P, Young JT, Kinner SA. Evaluation of embedding a community health nurse as part of the JSS ReConnect service: interim report. Melbourne (Australia): University of Melbourne; 2019.
3. Stoové M, Kirwan A, Have Ct, Kinner S, Ritter A, Dietze P. Queensland Prison-Based Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) Program Evaluation. Melbourne: Burnet Institute; 2019.
4. Holloway A, Scholin L, Ho I, Kinner S, Newbury-Birch D, Schwannauer M, et al. Defining research priorities for prison health in Scotland-a Delphi study. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh; 2019. Abstract

Submissions

1. Willoughby M, Kinner SA, Biondo S, Denham G, Drummond S, Young JT. Inequalities and inequities experienced by people with mental health and substance use issues involved in the criminal justice system: Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) commissioned report to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. Melbourne (Australia): VAADA and The University of Melbourne; 2019 Jul 5. Full Text
2. Young J, Snow K, Southalan L, Borschmann R, Kinner S. The role of incarceration in addressing inequalities for people with mental illness in Australia: Submission to the Productivity Commission’s Issues Paper on The Social and Economic Benefits of Improving Mental Health. Melbourne: The University of Melbourne; 2019 Apr 5. Full Text
3. Kinner SA. The mental health of justice-involved adolescents: Submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. Melbourne (Australia): The University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children’s Research Unit; 2019. Full Text
4. Young JT, Snow K, Southalan L, Borschmann R, Kinner SA. The role of incarceration in addressing inequalities for people with mental illness in Australia: Submission to the Productivity Commission’s Issues Paper on The Social and Economic Benefits of Improving Mental Health.  Melbourne (Australia): The University of Melbourne; 2019 Apr 5. Full Text

2018

Journal Articles

1. Young JT, Heffernan E, Borschmann R, Ogloff JRP, Spittal MJ, Kouyoumdjian FG, et al. Dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance use disorder and injury in adults recently released from prison: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Public health. 2018;3(5):e237-e48. Full text
2. Tibble H, Law HD, Spittal MJ, Karmel R, Borschmann R, Hail-Jares K, et al. The importance of including aliases in data linkage with vulnerable populations. BMC medical research methodology. 2018;18(1):76-. Full text
3. Stewart AC, Cossar R, Dietze P, Armstrong G, Curtis M, Kinner SA, et al. Lifetime prevalence and correlates of self-harm and suicide attempts among male prisoners with histories of injecting drug use. Health & justice. 2018;6(1):19. Full text
4. Shepherd S, Spivak B, Borschmann R, Kinner SA, Hachtel H. Correlates of self-harm and suicide attempts in justice-involved young people. PLoS one [Internet]. 2018; 13(2):[e0193172 p.]. Full text
5. Puljević C, Segan CJ. Systematic review of factors influencing smoking following release from smoke-free prisons. Nicotine & Tobacco Research [Internet]. 2018. Abstract
6. Puljević C, de Andrade D, Coomber R, Kinner SA. Relapse to smoking following release from smoke-free correctional facilities in Queensland, Australia. Drug and alcohol dependence. 2018;187:127-33. Abstract
7. Puljević C, de Andrade D, Carroll M, Spittal MJ, Kinner SA. Use of prescribed smoking cessation pharmacotherapy following release from prison: a prospective data linkage study. Tobacco control. 2018;27(4):474-8. Abstract
8. Puljevic C, Coomber R, Kinner SA, de Andrade D, Mitchell C, White A, et al. 'Teabacco': Smoking of nicotine-infused tea as an unintended consequence of prison smoking bans. Drug and alcohol review. 2018;37(7):912-21. Abstract
9. Thapaliya S, Upadhyaya K, Borschmann R, Kuppili P. Mindfulness based interventions for depression and anxiety in Asian Population: A systematic review. JPAN. 2018 Jun 28;7(1):10-23. Full text
10. Moazen B, Saeedi Moghaddam S, Silbernagl MA, Lotfizadeh M, Bosworth RJ, Alammehrjerdi Z, et al. Prevalence of Drug Injection, Sexual Activity, Tattooing, and Piercing Among Prison Inmates. Epidemiologic reviews. 2018;40(1):58-69. Abstract
11. Kinner SA, Young JT. Understanding and improving the health of people who experience incarceration: An overview and synthesis. Epidemiologic reviews. 2018;40(1):4-11. Full text
12. Kinner SA, Spittal MJ, Borschmann R. Suicide and the criminal justice system: a more complete picture [Letter to the Editor]. The lancet Psychiatry. 2018;5(2):106. Full text
13. Kinner SA, Snow K, Wirtz AL, Altice FL, Beyrer C, Dolan K. Age-Specific Global Prevalence of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, and Tuberculosis Among Incarcerated People: A Systematic Review. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2018;62(3):S18-S26. Full text
14. Kinner SA, Borschmann R. Parental supply and alcohol-related harm in adolescence: emerging but incomplete evidence. The Lancet Public Health. 2018;3(2):e53-e4. Full text
15. Jin X, Kinner SA, Hopkins R, Stockings E, Courtney RJ, Shakeshaft A, et al. Brief intervention on Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol and Physical (SNAP) inactivity for smoking relapse prevention after release from smoke-free prisons: a study protocol for a multicentre, investigator-blinded, randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2018;8(10). Full text
16. Hettiarachchi LV, Kinner SA, Tibble H, Borschmann R. Self-harm among young people detained in the youth justice system in Sri Lanka. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2018;15(2):209. Full text
17. Borschmann R, Young JT, Moran PA, Spittal MJ, Kinner SA. Self-harm in the criminal justice system: A public health opportunity. The Lancet Public Health. 2018;3(1):e10-e1. Full Text
18. Dias S, Kinner SA, Heffernan E, Waghorn G, Ware R. Identifying Rehabilitation Priorities Among Ex-prisoners Vulnerable to Mental llnesses and Substance Abuse. Journal of Rehabilitation. 2018;84(3). Abstract
19. Young JT, Davis FJ, Wardale S, Vassos M, van Dooren K, Nankervis K, Lennox NG. Severity of cognitive disability and mental health court determinations about fitness to stand trial. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 2018;62(2):126-39. Abstract
20. Growns B, Kinner SA, Conroy E, Baldry E, Larney S. A systematic review of supported accommodation programs for people released from custody. International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology. 2018;62(8):2174-94. Abstract
21. Forsyth SJ, Carroll M, Lennox N, Kinner SA. Incidence and risk factors for mortality after release from prison in Australia: a prospective cohort study. Addiction. 2018;113(5):937-45. Abstract
22. Curtis M, Dietze P, Aitken C, Kirwan A, Kinner SA, Butler T, et al. Acceptability of prison-based take-home naloxone programmes among a cohort of incarcerated men with a history of regular injecting drug use. Harm reduction journal. 2018;15(1):48. Full text
23. Cumming C, Kinner SA, Preen DB, Larsen A-C. In Sickness and in Prison: The Case for Removing the Medicare Exclusion for Australian Prisoners. Journal of law and medicine. 2018;26(1):140-58. Abstract
24. Cossar R, Stoové M, Kinner SA, Dietze P, Aitken C, Curtis M, et al. The associations of poor psychiatric well-being among incarcerated men with injecting drug use histories in Victoria, Australia. Health & justice. 2018;6(1):1. Full text
25. Cheng Q, Kinner SA, Lee XJ, Snow KJ, Graves N. Cost-utility analysis of low-intensity case management to increase contact with health services among ex-prisoners in Australia. BMJ open. 2018;8(8):e023082-e. Full text
26. Butler A, Young JT, Kinner SA, Borschmann R. Self-harm and suicidal behaviour among incarcerated adults in the Australian Capital Territory. Health & justice. 2018;6(1):13. Full text
27. Ahalt C, Haney C, Kinner S, Williams B. Balancing the rights to protection and participation: A call for expanded access to ethically conducted correctional health research. Journal of general internal medicine. 2018;33(5):764-8. Abstract

Books and book chapters

1. Seal D, Yancey S, Reddy M, Kinner SA. Alcohol use among incarcerated individuals. In: Kinner SA, Rich J, editors. Drug use in prisoners: Epidemiology, implications and policy responses. New York: Oxford University Press; 2018. Abstract
2. Larnery S, Stoove M, Kinner SA. Substance use after release from prison. In: Kinner SA, Rich J, editors. Drug use in prisoners: Epidemiology, implications and policy responses. New York: Oxford University Press; 2018. Abstract
3. Kinner SA, Rich JD, editors. Drug use in prisoners: Epidemiology, implications, and policy responses. New York: Oxford University Press; 2018. Abstract

Reports

1. Clugston B, Perrin M, Davidson F, Heffernan E, Kinner S. Prison mental health services: A comparison of Australian jurisdictions. Brisbane: Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research; 2018. Report

Submissions and other publications

1. Puljević C, Ferris J, Coomber C, Kinner SA. Why Australian prisoners are smoking nicotine-infused tea leaves. The Conversation [Internet]. 2018 Aug 15. Available from: URL
2. Kinner SA, Southalan S, Janca E, Butler A, Young JT, Lindner SR, et al. The role of prisons, jails and youth detention centres in addressing health inequalities in the Americas: Submission to the PAHO Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas. Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne; 2018 Mar 31. Full text

2017

Journal Articles

1. Young JT, Cumming C, van Dooren K, Lennox NG, Alati R, Spittal MJ, et al. Intellectual disability and patient activation after release from prison: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 2017;61(10):939-56. Abstract
2. Spittal MJ, Forsyth S, Borschmann R, Young JT, Kinner SA. Modifiable risk factors for external cause mortality after release from prison: a nested case-control study. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences. 2017:1-10. Abstract
3. Snow KJ, Richards AH, Kinner SA. Use of multiple data sources to estimate hepatitis C seroprevalence among prisoners: A retrospective cohort study. PloS one. 2017;12(7):e0180646. Full text
4. Puljević C, Kinner SA, Andrade Dd. Extending smoking abstinence after release from smoke-free prisons: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. Health & Justice. 2017;5(1). Full text
5. Love AD, Kinner SA, Young JT. Social Environment and Hospitalisation after Release from Prison: A Prospective Cohort Study. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2017;14(11):1406. Full text
6. Kouyoumdjian FG, Andreev EM, Borschmann R, Kinner SA, McConnon A. Do people who experience incarceration age more quickly? Exploratory analyses using retrospective cohort data on mortality from Ontario, Canada. PLoS ONE. 2017;12(4):e0175837. Full text
7. Kinner SA, Borschmann R. Inequality and intergenerational transmission of complex adversity. The Lancet Public Health. 2017;2:e342-3. Full text
8. Kinner S, Harvey C, Hamilton B, Brophy L, Roper C, McSherry B, et al. Attitudes towards seclusion and restraint in mental health settings: findings from a large, community-based survey of consumers, carers and mental health professionals. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences. 2017;26(5):535-44. Abstract
9. Fletcher J, Spittal M, Brophy L, Tibble H, Kinner S, Elsom S, et al. Outcomes of the Victorian Safewards trial in 13 wards: Impact on seclusion rates and fidelity measurement. International journal of mental health nursing. 2017;26(5):461-71. Abstract
10. de Andrade D, Kinner SA. Systematic review of health and behavioural outcomes of smoking cessation interventions in prisons. Tobacco control. 2017;26(5):495-501. Full text
11. Carroll M, Spittal MJ, Kemp-Casey A, Lennox N, Preen DB, Sutherland G, et al. High rates of general practice attendance following release from prison: A prospective cohort study. Medical Journal of Australia. 2017;207(2):75-80. Full text
12. Borschmann R, Young JT, Moran P, Spittal MJ, Snow K, Mok K, et al. The accuracy and predictive value of incarcerated adults’ accounts of their self-harm histories: findings from an Australian data linkage study. CMAJ Open. 2017;5(3):E694-E701. Full text
13. Borschmann R, Young JT, Moran P, Carroll M, Heffernan E, Spittal M, et al. Ambulance attendances resulting from self-harm after release from prison: a prospective data linkage study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2017;52(10):1295-305. Abstract
14. Borschmann R, Thomas E, Moran P, Carroll M, Heffernan E, Spittal MJ, et al. Self-harm following release from prison: A prospective data linkage study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2017;51(3):250-9. Abstract
15. Borschmann R, Oram S, Dutta R, Kinner SA, Zimmerman C, Howard L. Self-harm in trafficked adults accessing secondary mental health services in England. Psychiatric Services. 2017;68(2):207-10. Full text

Submissions and other publications

1. McGee P. McInlay I, Wardale S, Rowe S, Churchill A, Sotiri M, Wade N, Harvey T, Dowse L, Baldry E, Young JT, Barney J, Collyer N, O’Flynn M, Phillips E, Watson K, Cootes J, Bain M, Jordan G, Jessop G, Gooding P, Coidan P, Tregenza B. The provision of services under the NDIS for people with disabilities who are in contact with the criminal justice system: Submission to the NDIS Joint Standing Committee. Coordinated by Australians for Disability Justice. 2017 Mar, Submission 121. Full text
2. McGee P. Mawad R, Baldry E, Gooding P, Phillips E, Rowe S, McKinlay I, Wade N, Churchill A, Sotiri M, Barney J, Harvey T, Wardale S, Bain M, Jordan G, Watson K, Cootes J, Simpson J, Collyer N, O’Flynn M, Young JT, Dowse L. The provision of services under the NDIS for people with disabilities who are in contact with the criminal justice system: Supplementary Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS. Coordinated by Australians for Disability Justice; 2017 May, Submission 121 Supplementary submission 2. Full text
3. Kinner SA, Young JT, Snow K. Submission to the Ombudsman Inquiry into AOD Rehabilitation Services Post Prison: Submission to the Victorian Ombudsman. Melbourne (Australia): The University of Melbourne;2017.
4. Young J, Kinner SA. Prisoners are excluded from the NDIS-here's why it matters. The Conversation [Internet]. 2017 Mar 14. Available from: URL
5. Young JT. Implications of NDIS exclusions for people with a disability in correctional settings: in Response to NDIS costs inquiry: Submission to the Productivity Commission NDIS costs inquiry paper. Public Health Association of Australia; 2017 Mar 24. Full text

2016

Journal Articles

1. Winter RJ, White B, Kinner SA, Stoové M, Guy R, Hellard ME. A nurse‐led intervention improved blood‐borne virus testing and vaccination in Victorian prisons. Australian and New Zealand journal of public health. 2016;40(6):592-4. Full text
2. Binswanger IA, Blatchford PJ, Forsyth SJ, Stern MF, Kinner SA. Epidemiology of Infectious Disease-Related Death After Release from Prison, Washington State, United States, and Queensland, Australia: A Cohort Study. Public health reports (Washington, DC : 1974). 2016;131(4):574-82. Full text
3. Cumming C, Troeung L, Young JT, Kelty E, Preen DB. Barriers to accessing methamphetamine treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2016;168:263-73. Full text
4. Kaye S, Ramos-Quiroga JA, van de Glind G, Levin FR, Faraone SV, Allsop S, Degenhardt L, Moggi F, Barta C, Konstenius M, Franck J, Skutle A, Bu ET, Koeter MW, Demetrovics Z, Kapitany-Foveny M, Schoevers RA, van Emmerik-van Oortmerssen K, Carpentier PJ, Dom G, Verspreet S, Crunelle CL, Young JT, Carruthers S, Cassar J, Fatseas M, Auriacombe M, Johnson B, Dunn M, Slobodin O, van den Brink W. Persistence and Subtype Stability of ADHD Among Substance Use Disorder Treatment Seekers. Journal of attention disorders. 2016. Full text
5. Winter R, Young J, Stoové M, Agius P, Hellard M, Kinner S. Resumption of injecting drug use following release from prison in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2016;168:104-11. Abstract
6. Thomas EG, Spittal MJ, Heffernan EB, Taxman FS, Alati R, Kinner SA. Trajectories of psychological distress after prison release: implications for mental health service need in ex-prisoners. Psychological Medicine. 2016;46(3):611-21. Abstract
7. Kinner SA, Forsyth S. Development and validation of a national system for routine monitoring of mortality in people recently released from prison. PLOS ONE. 2016;11(6):e0157328. Full text
8. Kinner SA, Alati R, Longo M, Spittal M, Boyle F, Williams GN, et al. Low-intensity case management increases contact with primary care in recently released prisoners: A single-blinded, multisite, randomised controlled trial. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 2016;70:683-8. Full text
9. Heffernan E, Davidson F, Andersen K, Kinner SA. Substance use disorders among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody: a public health opportunity. Health & Justice. 2016;4(12). Full text
10. Dolan K, Wirtz A, Moazen B, Galvani A, Ndeffo-mbah M, Kinner S, et al. Global burden of HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis in prisoners and detainees. The Lancet. 2016;388(10049):1089-102. Full text
11. Cumming C, Kinner SA, Preen D. Closing the gap in Indigenous health: Why section 19(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 matters [Letter to the Editor]. Medical Journal of Australia. 2016;205(6):283. Full text
12. Carroll M, Sutherland G, Kemp-Casey A, Kinner SA. Agreement between self-reported healthcare service use and administrative records in a longitudinal study of adults recently released from prison. Health & Justice. 2016;4(11). Full text
13. Binswanger IA, Blatchford PJ, Forsyth S, Stern MJ, Kinner SA. Incidence, timing and risk factors for death related to infectious disease after release from prison in the United States and Australia: A retrospective cohort study. Public Health Reports. 2016;131:574-82. Full text
14. Young JT, Butt J, Hersi A, Tohow A, Mohamed DH. Khat Dependence, Use Patterns, and Health Consequences in Australia: An Exploratory Study. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. 2016;77(2):343-8. Abstract

Reports

1. Young JT, van Dooren K, Borschmann R, Kinner SA. ACT Detainee Health and Wellbeing Survey 2016: Summary results. Canberra: ACT Health; 2016. Report
2. Growns B, Kinner S, Baldry E, Conroy E, Larney S. Supported accommodation services for people released from custody: a scoping review to Inform the Development of the Rainbow Lodge Program. NDARC Technical Report. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales; 2016. Report
3. Young JT, Dooren K, Borschmann R, Kinner SA. ACT Detainee Health and Wellbeing Survey 2016: Summary results. Canberra: ACT Health. Report
4. Wallis R, Kinner S, Homel R. Submission to an Enquiry by the National Children’s Commissioner on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in the Context of Youth Justice Detention Centres. Brisbane: Griffith University; 2016. Report

2015

Journal Articles

1. Young JT, Arnold-Reed D, Preen D, Bulsara M, Lennox N, Kinner SA. Early primary care physician contact and health service utilisation in a large sample of recently released ex-prisoners in Australia: prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2015;5(e6). Full text
2. Young J, van Dooren K, Lennox N, Butler T, Kinner S. Inter‐rater reliability of the Hayes Ability Screening Index in a sample of Australian prisoners. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 2015;59(11):1055-60. Abstract
3. Winter R, Stoové M, Degenhardt L, Hellard ME, Jenkinson R, McCarthy DR, et al. Incidence and predictors of non-fatal drug overdose after release from prison among people who inject drugs in Queensland, Australia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2015;153:43-9. Abstract
4. Thomas E, Spittal M, Taxman F, Kinner SA. Health-related factors predict return to custody in a large cohort of ex-prisoners: New approaches to predicting reincarceration. Health & Justice. 2015;3(10). Full text
5. van Dooren K, Young J, Blackburn C, Claudio F. Substance use interventions for people with intellectual disability transitioning out of prison. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2015;23(6): 650-653. Full text
6. Young JT, Carruthers S, Kaye S, Allsop S, Gilsenan J, Degenhardt L, van de Glind G, van den Brink W, Preen D. Comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorder complexity and chronicity in treatment-seeking adults. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2015;34(6):683-93. Abstract
7. Sutherland G, Carroll M, Lennox N, Kinner SA. Prescribed contraceptive use in women after release from prison. Health & Justice. 2015;3(8). Full text
8. Plueckhahn T, Kinner SA, Sutherland G, Butler T. Are some more equal than others? Challenging the basis for prisoners’ exclusion from Medicare. Medical Journal of Australia. 2015;203(9):359-61. Abstract
9. Kouyoumdjian FG, McIsaac K, Liauw J, Green S, Karachiwalla F, Siu W, et al. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the health of persons during imprisonment and after release. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105(4):e13-e33. Full text
10. Kirwan A, Quinn B, Winter R, Kinner SA, Dietze P, Stoové M. Correlates of property crime in a cohort of recently released prisoners with a history of injecting drug use. Harm reduction journal. 2015;12(1):23. Full text
11. Kinner SA, Young JT, Carroll M. The pivotal role of primary care in meeting the health needs of people recently released from prison. Australasian Psychiatry. 2015;23:650-3. Abstract
12. Kinner SA, Winter R, Saxton K. A longitudinal study of health outcomes for people released from prison in Fiji: The HIP-Fiji project. Australasian Psychiatry. 2015;23(6_suppl):17-21. Full text
13. Kinner SA, Degenhardt L, Coffey C, Hearps S, Spittal M, Sawyer S, et al. Substance use and risk of death in young offenders: A prospective data linkage study. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2015;34:46-50. Abstract
14. Heffernan E, Davidson F, Andersen K, Kinner SA. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody in Australia: prevalence and correlates. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2015;28(6):523-30. Abstract
15. Heffernan E, Andersen K, Kinner SA. Enhancing research quality through cultural competence: a case study in Queensland prisons. Australasian Psychiatry. 2015;23(6):654-7. Abstract
16. Degenhardt L, Coffey C, Hearps S, Kinner SA, Borschmann R, Moran P, et al. Associations between psychotic symptoms and substance use in young offenders. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2015;34:673-82. Abstract
17. Bhandari A, van Dooren K, Eastgate G, Lennox N, Kinner SA. Comparison of social circumstances, substance use and substance‐related harm in soon‐to‐be‐released prisoners with and without intellectual disability. Journal of intellectual disability research. 2015;59(6):571-9. Abstract
18. Avery A, Kinner SA. A robust estimate of the number and characteristics of persons released from prison in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2015;39(4):315-8. Full text

Reports

1. Heffernan E, Andersen K, Aboud A, Scotney A, Kinner SA, Kilroy K, et al. The family business: Improving the understanding and treatment of post traumatic stress disorder among incarcerated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Brisbane: Queensland Health; 2015. Report
2. Abas M, Bick D, Boyle A, Borschmann R, Broadbent M, Dewey M, et al. Provider Responses, Treatment and Care for Trafficked People (PROTECT): Final report for the UK Department of Health Policy Research Programme. London, UK: Department of Health; 2015. Report
3. Tollit M, McDonald M, Borschmann R, Bennett K, von Sabler M, Patton P. A review of the epidemiological evidence relating to resilience and young people VicHealth; 2015. Report

Submissions and other publications

1. Kinner SA. Our $3b-a-year system is flying blind in supporting ex-prisoners. The Conversation [Internet]. 2015 Apr 27. Available from: URL
2. Kinner SA, Rich JD. Drug use and incarceration: A submission to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem. Brisbane: Griffith University; 2015
3. Hellard ME, Dietze P, Stoové M, Kinner SA. Submission to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem. Melbourne: Centre for Research Excellence into Injecting Drug Use; 2015.

2014

Journal Articles

1. van Dooren K, Kinner SA, Hellard M. A comparison of risk factors for hepatitis C among young and older adult prisoners. Journal of Correctional Health Care. 2014;20(4):280-91. Abstract
2. Stoové M, Kinner SA. Access to OST in prison is not enough: the crucial role of post-release retention in preventing drug-related harms. Addiction. 2014;109(8):1318-9. Full text
3. Spittal MJ, Forsyth S, Pirkis J, Alati R, Kinner SA. Suicide in adults released from prison in Queensland, Australia: a cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2014;68(10):993-8. Abstract
4. Snow K, Young J, Preen D, Kinner SA. Incidence and correlates of hepatitis C virus infection in a large cohort of prisoners who have injected drugs. BMC Public Health. 2014;14(830). Full text
5. Kinner SA, Wang EA. The case for improving the health of ex-prisoners. American Journal of Public Health. 2014;104(8):1352-5. Full text
6. Kinner SA, van Dooren K, Boyle F, Longo M, Lennox N. Development of an intervention to increase health service utilisation in ex-prisoners. Health and Justice. 2014;2(4). Full text
7. Kinner SA, Degenhardt L, Coffey C, Sawyer S, Hearps S, Patton G. Complex health needs in the youth justice system: A survey of community-based and custodial offenders. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2014;54(5):521-6. Abstract
8. Forsyth SJ, Alati R, Ober C, Williams GM, Kinner SA. Striking subgroup differences in substance-related mortality after release from prison. Addiction. 2014;109(10):1676-83. Abstract
9. Cutcher Z, Degenhardt L, Alati R, Kinner SA. Poor health and social outcomes for ex-prisoners with a history of mental disorder: A longitudinal study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2014;38(5):424-9. Full text
10. Carroll M, Heffernan EB, Kinner SA. Medication use and knowledge in a large sample of Indigenous and non-Indigenous prisoners. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2014;38(2):142-6. Full text
11. Kaye S, Gilsenan J, Young JT, Carruthers S, Allsop S, Degenhardt L, van de Glind G, van den Brink W. Risk behaviours among substance use disorder treatment seekers with and without adult ADHD symptoms. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014;144:70-7. Abstract
12. Kinner SA, Binswanger IA. Mortality After Release from Prison. In: Bruinsma G, Weisburd D, editors. Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York, NY: Springer New York; 2014. p. 3157-67. Abstract
13. Borschmann R, Coffey C, Moran P, Hearps S, Degenhardt L, Kinner SA, et al. Self‐harm in young offenders. Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior. 2014;44(6):641-52. Abstract

Book Chapters

1. Kinner SA, Binswanger IA. Mortality after release from prison. In: Bruinsma G, Weisburd D, editors. Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Washington DC: Springer; 2014. p. 3157-67.
2. Kinner SA, Binswanger IA. Mortality after release from prison. In: Bruinsma GJN, Weisburd DL, editors. Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Washington DC: Springer; 2014. p. 3157-67.
3. van Dooren K, Kinner SA. Mentally disordered offenders. In: Taylor P, Corteen K, Morley S, editors. A companion to criminal justice, mental health and risk. Bristol, UK: The Policy Press; 2014. Abstract
4. Heffernan E, Andersen K, McEntyre E, Kinner SA. Mental disorder and cognitive disability in the criminal justice system. In: Purdie N, Dudgeon P, Walker R, editors. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. 2 ed. Perth: Kulunga Research Network; 2014. Abstract

Reports

1. Melbourne Social Equity Institute. Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint: A Report to the National Mental Health Commission. Sydney: National Mental Health Commission [corporate authorship]; 2014.
2. Fletcher J, Sutherland G, Brophy L, Hamilton B, Kinner SA. Least restrictive practices in acute mental health wards including consideration of locked doors: A literature review and recommendations for future practice. Melbourne: Melbourne University; 2014. Report access
3. Fletcher J, Hamilton B, King K, Sutherland G, Kinner S, Brophy L. Least restrictive practices in acute mental health wards including consideration of locked doors: Facilitated forums and options for the future. Melbourne: Melbourne University; 2014. Report access
4. Avery A, Kinner SA, Clarke P. Modelling the economic costs of implementing a magistrate-based determination of fitness to stand trial and mental impairment. A report to the Victorian Law Reform Commission. Melbourne: University of Melbourne; 2014.

2013

Journal Articles

1. van Dooren K, Kinner SA, Richards A. Complex health-related needs among young, soon-to-be released prisoners. Health and Justice. 2013;1(1). Full text
2. van Dooren K, Kinner SA, Forsyth S. Risk of death for young ex-prisoners in the year following release from adult prison. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2013;37(4):377-82. Full text
3. Thomas E, Degenhardt L, Alati R, Kinner SA. Predictive validity of the AUDIT for hazardous alcohol consumption in recently released prisoners. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2013;134:322-9. Full text
4. O’Donnell S. Use of administrative data for national surveillance of osteoporosis and related fractures in Canada: results from a feasibility study. Arch Osteoporos. 2013;8(1):1-6. Full text
5. Moore E, Winter R, Ingid D, Greenberg D, Kinner SA. Non-fatal overdose among adult prisoners with a history of injecting drug use in two Australian states. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2013;133(45-51). Abstract
6. Kinner SA, Moore E, Spittal MJ, Indig D. Opiate substitution treatment to reduce in-prison drug injection: A natural experiment. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2013;24:460-3. Full text
7. Kinner SA, Lennox N, Williams GW, Carroll M, Quinn B, Boyle F, et al. Randomised controlled trial of a service brokerage intervention for ex-prisoners in Australia. Contemporary Clinical Trails. 2013;36:198-206. Abstract
8. Kinner SA, Burford BJ, van Dooren K, Gill C. Service brokerage for improving health outcomes in ex-prisoners (protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013;2013(2):CD010343. 1-CD. 12. Protocol
9. Dias S, Ware RS, Lennox NG, Kinner SA. Co-occurring mental disorder and intellectual disability in a large sample of Australian prisoners. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2013;47(10):938-44. Abstract
10. David M, Alati R, Ware RS, Kinner SA. Attrition in a longitudinal study with hard-to-reach participants was reduced by ongoing contact. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2013;66(5):575-81. Abstract

Book Chapters

1. Heffernan EB, Andersen K, Kinner SA. Mental health and the criminal justice system. In: Purdie N, Dudgeon P, Walker R, editors. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. 2nd ed. Perth: Kulunga Research Network; 2013.

Reports

1. Winter S, Saxton K, Kinner SA. Health in prisoners in Fiji. Research report prepared by the Burnet Institute and Empower Pacific for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Melbourne: Burnet Institute; 2013. Report