POST INCARCERATION SYNDROME TAKEN FROM THE RESEARCH OF TERRY GORSKI
The Post Incarceration Syndrome (PICS) is a mixed mental disorders with four clusters of symptoms:
(1) Institutionalized Personality Traits
(2) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
(3) Antisocial Personality Traits (ASPT)
(4) Social-Sensory Deprivation Syndrome
(5) Substance Use Disorders
Symptoms of the Post Incarceration Syndrome (PICS)
1. Institutionalized Personality Traits
2. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
3. Antisocial Personality Traits
4. Social/Sensory Deprivation Syndrome
Post Release Symptom Progression
· Stage 1 Helplessness and hopelessness
· Stage 2 intense immobilizing fear;
· Stage 3 emergence of intense free-floating anger and rage ,emergence of flashbacks and other symptoms of PTSD;
· Stage 4 a tendency toward impulse violence upon minimal provocation;
· Stage 5 severe isolation
· Stage 6 intensification of flashbacks, nightmares, sleep impairments, and impulse control problems
[source: http://www.streetlevelconsulting.ca/newsArticlesStats/PIS.htm]
http://www.tgorski.com/criminal_justice/cjs_pics_&_relapse.htm
Im posting a story on here that shows the real problems faced with victims of miscarriages of justice... though the story is based in the US and about a convicted felon, that is where the differences stop!
http://www.tgorski.com/courses/PICS%20-%20Post%20Incarceration%20Syndrome/pics_in_the_pews_021212.htm
