Prevalence of psychopathological features in South American prisons using the Personality Assessment Inventory

  1. Carlos Burneo-Garcés 1
  2. Miguel Pérez-García 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

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Psicología conductual = behavioral psychology: Revista internacional de psicología clínica y de la salud

ISSN: 1132-9483

Año de publicación: 2018

Volumen: 26

Número: 1

Páginas: 177-194

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

La información sobre la salud mental de la población penitenciaria en países con ingresos medios y bajos es reducida. El objetivo del estudio fue estimar la prevalencia actual de síntomas psiquiátricos y rasgos de personalidad patológicos en hombres que cumplen condena en dos prisiones ecuatorianas. Una muestra de 675 individuos, de 18 a 75 años de edad (M= 35,58; DT= 10,57), fue evaluada con la adaptación española del “Inventario de evaluación de la personalidad” (PAI). La prevalencia actual fue del 69,9% en al menos uno de los síndromes clínicos estudiados. Los síndromes clínicos más prevalentes fueron problemas con el alcohol (33,6%), manía (32,3%), problemas con las drogas (27,9%), rasgos antisociales (23,8%), paranoia (21,4%), esquizofrenia (19,5%) y quejas somáticas (17,7%). Además, se detectó comorbilidad en el 49,8% de la muestra. Los problemas con el alcohol y las drogas obtuvieron conjuntamente las mayores proporciones (55,8%-71,4%) del total de participantes con puntuaciones clínicamente relevantes en cada síndrome analizado. El estudio del efecto del contexto carcelario en la salud mental de los individuos potenciará la utilidad de estos hallazgos.

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The authors would like to thank the Health Coordination Zone 8 (Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador) for supporting and partially funding this study, along with the Undersecretariat of Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Precautionary Measures for Adults (Ministry of Justice, Human Rights, and Cults of Ecuador) for issuing permits; the authorities of the Regional Guayas Social Rehabilitation Center and Guayaquil Social Rehabilitation Center for the facilities offered to develop the fieldwork; and the team of psychologists from the Health Coordination Zone 8 and Health Coordination Zone 5 for the fieldwork conducted. In addition, this work was partially supported by the Regional Ministry of Economy, Innovation, and Science from Andalusian Government (Project: P2012-SEJ1723) and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Project: PSI2013-42792-R). The opinions and conclusions expressed in this article do not reflect any official policy or position of any of these institutions. Correspondence: Carlos Burneo-Garcés, Department of Personality, Assessment, and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, s/n, 18071 Granada (Spain). E-mail: cburneo@ugr.es

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