UK detention centers may exacerbate mental disorders. (Briefly Noted).

Detention centers in the United Kingdom may exacerbate mental disorders in young boys and fail to provide needed mental health services, according to findings in the journal Lancet. The boys had higher rates of potentially treatable problems, which were often compounded by the development of post-traumatic stress symptoms following admission to the centers, said researcher Richard Harrington, of the University of Manchester. Conditions such as depression and anxiety often went …