Abstract

VICENS-PONS, E.  and  GRUPO PRECA. A Methodologycal approach to the study of mental disorders in the prison population: The PreCa study. Rev. esp. sanid. penit. [online]. 2009, vol.11, n.1, pp.8-16. ISSN 2013-6463.

This project aims to provide knowledge of reality in a psychiatric population neglected as the prison. The objectives of the study are: to estimate the prevalence of mental disorders in a Spanish prison sample, to analyze their association with sociodemographic and criminal as well as assess the impact on quality of life and describe and evaluate the health and social care received by People with mental disorders. Interviewing a total of 708 inmates sentenced to prison 5 distributed in 3 Autonomous Communities. Assessment instruments have been used SCID, IPDE, TONI II to assess the presence of mental disorders, quality of life scale (EuroQol and Social Weather CIES) and utlización service. Results: The field project began in October 2006 to October 2007. There have been a total of 94,4% of planned interviews with results thar allow for data in the epidemiology of mental disorders in prison unprecedented so far.

Keywords : Mental Health; Prisons; epidemiology; methods.

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