2006
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.188.2.159
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Psychiatric morbidity among sentenced prisoners: prevalence study in Iran

Abstract: The results suggest that a substantial burden of psychiatric morbidity exists in the prison population of Iran, with treatment challenges that appear to be different from those observed in inmates in Western countries.

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“…Prevalence rate was 16% in another study [27,28]. Aghaghowe, found a prevalence of 23% in a study in Benin Nigeria [24,25]. In another study the rate of depression in the study was 30% (23-36%) among elderly inmates [32].…”
Section: Prevalence Of Depression Among the Prison Inmates And The Comentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…Prevalence rate was 16% in another study [27,28]. Aghaghowe, found a prevalence of 23% in a study in Benin Nigeria [24,25]. In another study the rate of depression in the study was 30% (23-36%) among elderly inmates [32].…”
Section: Prevalence Of Depression Among the Prison Inmates And The Comentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Participants in a prison study in Iran were aged 17-76 years, with a mean age of 32.7 years [25]. The age range of the sample was 16-80 with a mean of 33.5 years in another study [26][27][28][29].…”
Section: Socio-demographic Factorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…No caso de população de presidiá-rios, existem muitas evidências indicando considerável prevalência de transtorno mental quando comparada com a da população geral (Teplin et al, 1996;Cardoso et al, 2004;Assadi et al, 2006).…”
Section: Transtornos Mentais Entre Presidiáriosunclassified
“…Dessa forma, os estudiosos apontam diversos e diferentes fatores relacionados à criminalidade, descrevendo-a como um fenômeno complexo que abrange fatores biológicos, genéticos, psicológicos, econômicos, culturais etc. Pesquisas apontam uma alta prevalência de transtornos mentais e comorbidades da população carcerária 2 , o que pode ser entendido como um problema de saúde pública mundial. As doenças mentais estão relacionadas com diversos fatores, tais como baixo nível socioeconômico, desemprego, história de abuso sexual ou físico, uso de substâncias psicoativas 3,4 , bem como história familiar de problemas mentais e de dependência química, dentre outros 5 .…”
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