The Impact of Primary Mental Health Care in a Prison System in Brazil

Taborda, José Gv; Bertolote, José Manoel; Cardoso, Rogério G; Blank, Paulo

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“…Nevertheless, a great number of these patients, due to prison overcrowding, are not detected and remain ill until a supervening fact (overt psychosis or suicide) happens. Others, however, are removed to the regional FPH, and this may lead to a serious problem: the double stigma, that of prisoner and that of mentally ill. Only a very few will receive proper psychiatric treatment inside the prison institution (Taborda, Bertolote, Cardoso & Blank, 1999).…”

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Forensic mental health care in South America: An overview of the Brazilian and Argentinian cases

José¹,

Folinio²,

Salton³

2007

Intl Jnl of Prisoner Health

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South America is a heterogeneous continent, with diverse prison realities. Its prison population is estimated at 600,000 inmates, of whom 10,000 are declared insane. Physical and mental health care supplied to the inmates is precarious and preventive programs in progress are rare. The authors' comment on the Roman Law tradition and describe the situation in Brazil and Argentina, from the point of view of their legal backgrounds. They also consider the kind of mental health resources found and the types of treatment offered, mainly in Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals. Their conclusion emphasizes the need to improve the conditions of penitentiaries in South America, which, because of their deficiencies, often violate the human rights of prisoners.

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Forensic mental health care in South America: An overview of the Brazilian and Argentinian cases

José¹,

Folinio²,

Salton³

2007

Intl Jnl of Prisoner Health

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B razil, Corrections in

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Telles

2017

The Encyclopedia of Corrections

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Brazil is a federation that possesses national laws, which are hierarchically superior, and state laws. Only legally sane people can be found guilty. The concept of criminal insanity requires the accused to present with some mental disorder at the time of the crime such that he or she would not be able to understand that the action was wrong or would be incapable of behaving according to his or her understanding. In Brazil, incarcerated people present high levels of psychopathology. The number of mentally ill prisoners has been growing due to the stressors and poor prison conditions and to changes in psychiatric service models resulting in a consequent reduction of psychiatric beds in the community. Attention given to the mental health of prisoners is very inconsistent and presents huge regional differences. The penitentiary conditions in Brazil are precarious and need to be improved.

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