ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022
"Degrees of Freedom": Comparing Mental Distress of Populations with Different Levels of Access to Care-Prisoners, Psychiatric Patients and General Population.
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- Mental Health in the Chilean Incarcerated Population: A Screening Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe study presents an analysis of the risk for common mental disorders (CMDs) in populations with different levels of access to mental health care.
methodsWe merged and statistically compared the representative data of prisoners to data collected from psychiatric clinics and the general population. Participants across all samples completed the General Health Questionnaire.
resultsMore than half of the inmates met the criteria for CMDs, while rates were 25% in the general population and 80% among psychiatric patients. The odds of prisoners being five times more likely to meet the criteria for CMDs were five times higher than the odds of the general population while controlling for demographic variables.
conclusionsThe study highlights the need for prisoners for mental health services. Prisoners face stressful life conditions before and during incarceration while having limited access to medical and psychological treatment stresses the need for systemic interventions.
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