Handbook of Correctional Mental Health

The chapter on women in correctional settings was appropriately written by a female psychiatrist, Dr. Catherine F. Lewis, and presents the particular difficulties that women may have in a correctional setting, including sexual victimization, pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and treatment of personality disorders. In his chapter Practicing Psychiatry in a Correctional Culture, Dr. Ken Appelbaum sums up the issue as follows: Although the challenges of working in a prison can seem daunting, the rewards more than compensate for many psychiatrists.