ArticleBMC psychiatry2018
High prevalence rates for multiple psychiatric conditions among inmates at French Guiana's correctional facility: diagnostic and demographic factors associated with violent offending and previous incarceration.
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- The prevalence of comorbid serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders in prison populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Post-traumatic stress disorder in French Guiana: prevalence and risk factors in the general population.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Intervening Effect of Maladaptive Personality on the Relationship Between Defense Styles and Psychiatric Symptoms Among Prisoners.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2024Article
- Depression among inmates of Gandaki Province, Nepal: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Psychiatric disorders and comorbidity in a Spanish sample of prisoners at the end of their sentence: Prevalence rates and associations with criminal history.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Impulsive and premeditated aggression in male offenders with antisocial personality disorder.PloS one · 2020Article
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- Depression and psychosis related to the absence of visitors and consumption of drugs in male prisoners in Ecuador: a cross sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2019Article
- Penile implants and other high risk practices in French Guiana's correctional facility: A cause for concern.PloS one · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundFrench Guiana has the highest incarceration rate among French territories, it is higher than that of Brazil, Colombia or Venezuela. It is well known that mental health problems are over-represented in correctional facilities. Our objectives were to describe the prevalence of various psychiatric conditions and to study factors associated with violence and repeated offenses among arriving detainees at the sole correctional facility of French Guiana.
methodsThe study was cross-sectional. All consenting new adult prisoners incarcerated between 18/09/2013 and 31/12/2014 at the penitentiary centre of French Guiana were included. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) was used to screen for psychiatric diagnoses. In addition sociodemographic data was collected.
resultsOverall 647 men and 60 women were included. The participation rate was 90%.Overall 72% of patients had at least one psychiatric diagnosis (Fig. 2). Twenty percent had three or more diagnoses. Violent index offences were not more frequent among those with a psychiatric diagnosis (crude odds ratio 1.3 (95%CI = 0.9-2), P = 0.11. Multivariate analysis showed that after adjusting for sex and age, psychosis, suicidality and post-traumatic stress disorder were independently associated with violent offences. Generalized anxiety disorder was less likely to be associated with incarceration for violent offences. Having a history of a previous incarceration was significantly associated with a psychiatric condition in general (any diagnosis) OR = 3 (95%CI = 2-4.3), P < 0.0001. Calculations of the population attributable risks showed that in the sample 31.4% of repeat incarcerations were attributable to antisocial personality disorder, 28.3% to substance addiction, 17.3% to alcohol addiction, 8.7% to depression and 7% to psychosis.
conclusionsThe very high prevalence of psychiatric disorders observed in our sample, and the relative lack of psychiatric facilities, suggest that part of the problem of very high incarceration rate may be explained by transinstitutionalization. Improving psychiatric care in prison and coordination with psychiatric care in the community after release is likely to be important.
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