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ISSN 1678-7153
Psychology/Psicologia Reexo e Crtica, 27(2), 317-322. DOI: 10.1590/1678-7153.201427212
lvaro Machado Dias*, a, Antonio de Pdua Seramb, c & Daniel Martins de Barrosb
aUniversidade Federal de So Paulo, So Paulo, So Paulo, Brasil,
bNcleo de Apoio Pesquisa em Neurocincia Aplicada/USP, So Paulo, So Paulo, Brasil
cUniversidade Metodista de So Paulo, So Paulo, Brasil
Abstract
Several studies report that incarcerated young offenders show a high rate of psychiatric disorders whereas associations between specic psychiatric disorders and recidivism remain unknown. The Brazilian legal system has created a unique opportunity for the study of this issue when consider young offenders not that guilty in spite of the severity of the crime, settling in three years the maximum period of incarceration. This study aims to determine the rate of psychiatric disorders in a cohort of incarcerated young offenders and evaluate the possible psychiatric connections of primary offenders and recidivism. A group of 898 incarcerated young offenders at Fundao Casa answered psychiatric interviews and was diagnosed according to the criteria of ICD-10. Statistic connections were analyzed using the tests of Pearson and Cramer. The cohort was comprised of 619 primaries and 267 recidivists. Psychoactive Substance Use and Disorders of Adult Personality and Behavior categories were related to recidivism, whereas Organic Mental Disorders, Mood Disorders, and Stress-related Disorders were related to primary offenders. Discriminating disorders were the most likely to represent reactions to primary incarceration. In relation to associations that might represent predictors of crime, it became highly suggestive that substance abuse is the main cause of incarceration for the entire cohort.
Keywords: Young offenders, psychiatric disorders, recidivism, psychiatric epidemiology.
Resumo
Diversos estudos revelam que jovens infratores encarcerados apresentam taxas aumentadas de transtornos psiquitricos, ao passo que associaes entre transtornos especcos e reincidncia permaneam desconhecidas. O sistema legal brasileiro criou uma oportunidade exclusiva para o estudo desta questo, conforme considera os menores no imputveis, a despeito da severidade do crime, xando em trs anos o perodo mximo de encarceramento. Este estudo pretende determinar a taxa de transtornos psiquitricos em uma coorte de jovens infratores encarcerados e avaliar possveis conexes entre transtornos especcos encarceramento primrio e reincidncia criminosa. Um grupo de 898 internos da Fundao Casa foi submetido a entrevistas psiquitricas e diagnosticado de acordo com os critrios do CID-10....