Growth hormone (GH or HGH), also known as somatotropin or somatropin, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals.It is a type of mitogen which is specific only to certain kinds of cells.rowth hormone (GH or HGH), also known as somatotropin or somatropin, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals.
While at least half of prisoners have some mental health concerns, about 10 percent to 25 percent of U.S. prisoners suffer from serious mental illnesses, such as major affective disorders or schizophrenia, the report finds.
Listen online. In Georgia, about one out of six prisoners have been diagnosed with a mental illness. Georgia's Department of Corrections has in the past come under scrutiny for its treatment of the mentally-ill.Today, despite so many positive changes, the mental health caseload continues to grow.any of the inmates in Georgia's prisons are heavily medicated, and many are diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. Many come from poor communities where no mental health care is available and sometimes families do not understand their relative's mental illness.