Table 1.

Depression among incarcerated population

No.	Source	Depression Measure	Population	N	Depression Rate
1	Washburn et al. 2008	Major Depression (based on DSM III-R)	Arrested and detained youths processed in adult court	275	16.0%
			Arrested and detained youths processed in juvenile court	1440	14.0%
2	Wasserman et al 2004	Major Depression (based on DSM III-R and DSM-IV and WHO’s ICD-10 )	Youths in the juvenile justice system	296	7.2%
3	Domalanta et al 2003	Mild/Moderate or Severe Depression (Beck Depression Inventory)	Detained male (mild)	750	22.5%
			Detained female (mild)	274	20.1%
			Detained male (moderate)	750	24.8%
			Detained female (moderate)	274	27.4%
			Detained male (severe)	750	20.0%
			Detained female (severe)	274	26.6%
			Total no. of detained youths who are depressed	1024	69.1%
4	Kashani et al 1980	Depression (based on DSM III, 1978 draft)	Youths incarcerated in Juvenile Justice Centre	100	18.0%
			Non-incarcerated, non-delinquent youths	50	4.0%
5	Ulzen et al 1998	Currently depressed	Incarcerated adolescents	49	30.6%
			Non-incarcerated adolescents	49	4.1%
6	Pelissier 2000	Based on DSM-III-R (DIS)	Male	467	16.7%
			Female	142	32.4%
7	Boothby & Durham1999	Beck Depression inventory	incarcerated prisoners:
			a. minimum	1494	43.0%
			b. mild	1494	30.0%
			c. moderate	1494	22.0%
			d. severe	1494	5%
8	Eyestone and Howell (1994)1	DSM-III-R – major	Inmates	102	25.0%
		DSM-III-R – not full	Inmates	102	>50%
l9	Chilles Miller Cox (1980)	Major depression	adolescents at entry	120	23.0%

Note:

¹Eyestone and Howell (1994) as cited in Boothby 1999