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Item Developmental delays and psychiatric diagnoses are elevated in offspring staying in prisons with their mothers(2018) Kutuk, Meryem Ozlem; Altintas, Ebru; Tufan, Ali Evren; Guler, Gulen; Aslan, Betul; Aytan, Nurgul; Kutuk, Ozgur; 0000-0001-5207-6240; 0000-0001-9854-7220; 0000-0002-2918-7871; 0000-0003-2735-4805; 29382903; AAH-1846-2019; C-5074-2015; AAH-1671-2019; AAI-9626-2021; G-8832-2015The aim of the study was to describe the sociodemographic and clinical features of the mothers and their offspring staying with them in prison. The study was planned as a cross-sectional, single-center study of mothers residing in Tarsus Closed Women's Prison of Turkish Ministry of Justice along with their 0 to 6 years old offspring. Mothers were evaluated via Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders. A psychologist blind to maternal evaluations applied the Denver Developmental Screening Test II (DII-DST). Children/mothers were also evaluated by a child and adolescent psychiatrist via K-SADS-PL. Twenty-four mothers with a mean age of 29.3 years were included. Most common diagnoses in mothers were nicotine abuse (n = 17, 70.8%), specific phobia (n = 8, 33.3%), alcohol abuse (n = 7, 29.2%) and substance abuse (n = 5, 20.8%). Twenty-six children (53.9% female) were living with their mothers in prison, and the mean age of those was 26.3 months. Results of the D-II-DST were abnormal in 33.3% of the children. Most common diagnoses in children were adjustment disorder (n = 7, 26.9%) separation anxiety disorder (n = 3, 11.5%) and conduct disorder (n = 2, 7.7%). A multi-center study is necessary to reach that neglected/under-served population and address the inter-generational transmission of abuse, neglect, and psychopathology.