{"id":76,"date":"2026-05-23T13:46:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:48:36","slug":"the-first-release-study-release-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=76","title":{"rendered":"The first RELEASE study (RELEASE-1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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RELEASE-1<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

RELEASE started with a study examining mental health and substance use-related health service contacts among people released from prison, and comparing this to people with the same characteristics but who had not been in prison. This study is now called RELEASE-1.<\/span> Read the results<\/span> here<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did we find?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We showed that people released from prison have higher rates of mental health and substance use-related contact with a range of services, including: community prescriptions, outpatient, drug and alcohol, general and psychiatric inpatient, NHS24, out-of-hours general practice, ambulance, and accident and emergency services.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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