Table 2. Lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in prison population of the state of São Paulo, Brazil (n = 1809).
| Mental Disorders | Female population | Male population | ||||||
| Prison | TDC1 | Total | ||||||
| % | 95%CI2 | % | 95%CI2 | % | 95%CI2 | % | 95%CI2 | |
| % | IC 95% | % | IC 95% | % | IC 95% | % | IC 95% | |
| Schizophrenia | 1.9 | 0.9–4.0 | 3.2 | 2.1–4.7 | 3.9 | 2.4–6.4 | 3.4 | 2.5–4.7 |
| Other psychoses3 | 2.4 | 1.8–3.1 | 1.8 | 0.9–3.7 | 2.5 | 1.2–5.0 | 2.1 | 1.2–3.5 |
| Affective disorders 4 | 40.8 | 37.3–44.3 | 18.4 | 16.0–21.2 | 25.3 | 21.3–29.9 | 20.8 | 8.4–23.4 |
| Mania | 0.9 | 0.9–3.9 | 0.7 | 0.2–1.7 | 1.4 | 0.7–2.9 | 0.9 | 05–1.7 |
| Hypomania | – | – | 0.5 | 0.2–1.4 | 1.0 | 0.5–2.0 | 0.7 | 0.4–1.2 |
| Depression | 36.5 | 33.5–39.6 | 12.3 | 9.7–15.5 | 17. 8 | 14.9–21.2 | 14.2 | 12–16.8 |
| Bipolar affective disorders | 1.7 | 0.2–10.8 | 2.9 | 2.0–4.2 | 2.9 | 1.7–5.0 | 2.9 | 2.1–4.0 |
| Dysthymia | 6.4 | 4.4–9.2 | 4.8 | 2.7–8.5 | 5.0 | 3.6–6.9 | 4.9 | 3.3–7.2 |
| Anxious-phobic disorders 5 | 50.0 | 45.6–54.4 | 32.5 | 29.4–35.8 | 40.5 | 35.2–46.1 | 35.3 | 32.3–38.4 |
| Phobic disorders6 | 15.6 | 13.8–17.6 | 6.4 | 4.7–8.6 | 12.4 | 4.9–27.7 | 8.5 | 5.0–13.9 |
| Panic disorder | 1.1 | 0.9–1.3 | 0.5 | 0.1–1.8 | 0.8 | 0.2–2.5 | 0.6 | 0.2–1.4 |
| GAD | 10.4 | 9.3–11.7 | 4.9 | 2.4–9.8 | 5.4 | 2.2–12.4 | 5.0 | 2.9–8.6 |
| OCD | 1.2 | 0.8–1.8 | 1.1 | 0.4–3.3 | 1.5 | 0.5–4.8 | 1.2 | 0.6–2.8 |
| PTSD | 40.2 | 35.3–45.2 | 26.4 | 22.8–30.3 | 33.4 | 26.7–40.8 | 28.8 | 25.2–32.7 |
| Tobacco | 38.4 | 33.3–43.7 | 32.5 | 28.1–37.3 | 33.4 | 30.2–36.7 | 32.8 | 29.7–36.1 |
| Alcohol | 15.6 | 13.4–18.0 | 18.0 | 14.6–21.8 | 19.6 | 13.8–27.1 | 18.5 | 15.4–22.1 |
| Drugs | 25.2 | 19.2–32.2 | 27.1 | 21.6–33.3 | 25.3 | 20.7–30.4 | 26.5 | 22.5–30.8 |
| Severe mental disorder 7 | 25.8 | 24.0–27.7 | 11.0 | 8.3–14.3 | 15.0 | 12.4–18.0 | 12.3 | 10.3–14.8 |
| Any mental disorder (except tobacco) | 68.9 | 63.5–73.9 | 54.1 | 49.2–59.0 | 60.0 | 55.4–64.5 | 56.1 | 52.5–59,8 |
1
Temporary detention center;
2
Confidence Interval;
3
Delusional Disorder, Acute Psychotic, and Schizoaffective Disorder;
4
Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Dysthymia, Hypomania, and Mania;
5
Panic, Agoraphobia, Social Phobia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and Pos Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD);
6
Agoraphobia and Social Phobia;
7
Schizophrenia, Delusional Disorder, Acute Psychotic Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Severe Depression, and Bipolar Affective Disorder.