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when these different domains are connected. In the face of the complexity and the lack ofresearch on sexual abuse of young boys in Brazil and the seriousness of possible psychologicaldamages in abuse victims, systemized studies are required to assess this population. One methodis to test memory performance of adolescents who have a history of sexual abuse in childhoodand are serving a sentence in São Paulo’s youth correctional system (Foundation C.A.S.A) forsexual offences (repeating sexually aggressive behavior). The study of memory processesreported in this presentation is based on the hypothesis of memory suppression or recallimpairment that could help explain impairment in social judgment and sexually aggressivebehaviors later in life. These changes in memory could impair the judgment based on learntexperiences and lead to a disarranged and non-consistent way of acting. The failure in socialcognition could result in criminal and anti-social behavior.46. Developments of Prison Mental Health Care in the NetherlandsDevelopment of Prison Mental Health since 2008Jan Gorter, Penitentiary Psychiatric Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands (j.gorter2@dji.minjus.nl)As a result of the acceptance in 2004 of a motion of the Dutch Senate asking the Government toimprove the connection between mental healthcare in prisons and in free society, aninterdepartmental workgroup was installed. The advice of this workgroup, together withrecommendation number 17 of the temporary parliamentary committee of 2006 on detentionunder a hospital order, led the Ministry of Justice to initiate the “Vernieuwing Forensische Zorg”programme. This programme, among other things, aimed to develop five Penitentiary PsychiatricCentres throughout the Netherlands. In 2009 those centres became operational. In this sessionwe’ll describe the process of developing a psychiatric facility within a prison and doing that‘going concern’, the development of a quality control system and some general characteristics ofthe population. Treating psychiatric patients in a detention situation differs from treatment of thesame patients in free society. The imprisonment itself has an effect of the development andcourse of psychiatric disorders and also on the possibilities in treatment. We would like todiscuss the advantages and disadvantages of treating psychiatric patients within the prisonsystem.Prison Staff Delivering Mental Health CareRob Hollander, Penitentiary Psychiatric Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands(robert.hollander@dji.minjus.nl)Wendy Weijts, Penitentiary Psychiatric Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands(w.weijts@dji.minjus.nl)115