Department of Psychiatry, Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar, Rajasthan, India.
Department of Anesthesia, Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar, Rajasthan, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2013 Oct;55(4):366-70. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.120562.
Prisoners are having high percentage of psychiatric disorders. Majority of studies done so far on prisoners are from Western countries and very limited studies from India.
Study socio-demographic profile of prisoners of a central jail and to find out current prevalence of psychiatric disorders in them.
118 prisoners were selected by random sampling and interviewed to obtain socio-demographic data and assessed on Indian Psychiatric Interview Schedule (IPIS) with additional required questions to diagnose psychiatric disorders in prisoners.
Mean age of prisoners was 33.7 years with 97.5% males, 57.6% from rural areas and 65.3% were married. Average education in studied years was 6.6 years and 50.8% were unskilled workers. 47.4% were murderers while 20.3% of drugs related crimes. 47.5% were convicted and history of criminal behavior in family was in 32.2% prisoners. Current prevalence of psychiatric disorders was 33%. Psychotic, depressive, and anxiety disorders were seen in 6.7%, 16.1%, and 8.5% prisoners respectively. 58.8% had history of drug abuse/dependence prior to imprisonment.
One prison of Hadoti region of Rajasthan is full of people with mental-health problems who collectively generate significant levels of unmet psychiatric treatment need. Prisons are detrimental to mental-health. Beginning of reforms is the immediate need.
囚犯的精神疾病患病率很高。迄今为止，大多数针对囚犯的研究都来自西方国家，而来自印度的研究非常有限。
研究一所中央监狱囚犯的社会人口统计学特征，并确定他们目前的精神疾病患病率。
通过随机抽样选择了 118 名囚犯进行访谈，以获取社会人口统计学数据，并使用印度精神病访谈表（IPIS）进行评估，其中包括诊断囚犯精神障碍所需的附加问题。
囚犯的平均年龄为 33.7 岁，其中 97.5%为男性，57.6%来自农村地区，65.3%已婚。受教育平均年限为 6.6 年，50.8%为非技术工人。47.4%为杀人犯，20.3%为与毒品有关的犯罪。47.5%被判有罪，32.2%的囚犯有犯罪行为的家族史。目前精神疾病的患病率为 33%。分别有 6.7%、16.1%和 8.5%的囚犯患有精神病、抑郁症和焦虑症。58.8%的囚犯在入狱前有药物滥用/依赖史。
拉贾斯坦邦哈多蒂地区的一所监狱中挤满了有精神健康问题的人，他们共同产生了大量未满足的精神科治疗需求。监狱对精神健康有害。改革的开始是当务之急。
