Depression in a prison population: narrative review
Abstract
Introduction: The inability of early diagnoses, treatments and rehabilitation of mental disorders such as depression in inmates needs to gather scientific information that serves to manage this vulnerable population group to avoid consequences such as suicide. Objective and Methods: An exploratory review was conducted (scoping review) with the aim to describe the behavior of depression in people deprived of freedom, through existing literature, using studies on mental health, and published as original scientific articles in journals during 2007-2017. We described the main characteristics of the included studies. Results: Sixteen studies were identified using depression as a main indicator and others as anxiety and suicide. In the United States, inmates with physical abuse during childhood have depression by 61%. In Europe people deprived of freedom faced to domestic violence during childhood had depression in 55% and anxiety 62%. In the United Kingdom, 56% of people showed clinical signs of depression, showing a significant relationship with the unsatisfied physical health needs of inmates. In Chile, 44% of prisoners suffered severe depression during followup and there was a high risk of suicide (47%). Conclusion: Depression has been identified in mental health studies worldwide, being a condition that is related not only to the imprisonment of men, but also with some "sociodemographic" characteristics of them such as age, traumas of the childhood, unsatisfied health needs, lack of social and emotional support, among others, highlighting significant associations with fatal consequences such as suicide.
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