Table 3. Twelve-month prevalence of mental disorders in prison population in 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 | |
Schizofrenia | 1.5 | 0.9–2.4 | 1.8 | 1.1–2.9 | 2.1 | 1.2–3.8 | 1.9 | 1.3–2.8 |
Other psychoses3 | 0.5 | 0.1–3.0 | 0.7 | 0.2–2.4 | 2.0 | 1.1–3.7 | 1.1 | 0.6–2.1 |
Affective disorders 4 | 21.0 | 16.8–25. 9 | 7.7 | 6.1–9.6 | 14.1 | 11.2–17.6 | 9.9 | 8.3–11.7 |
Mania | 0.6 | 0.1–3.4 | 0.2 | 0.1–0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1–1.7 | 0.3 | 0.1–0.6 |
Hypomania | – | – | – | – | 0.4 | 0.1–1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0–0.5 |
Depression | 18.8 | 17.3–20.4 | 5.3 | 4.0–6.8 | 10.0 | 8.1–12.2 | 6.9 | 5.8–8.1 |
Bipolar affective disorders | 1.4 | 0.2–8.7 | 1.5 | 0.9–2.5 | 2.0 | 0.6–6.2 | 1.7 | 0.9–3.0 |
Dysthymia | 5.2 | 4.4–6.1 | 2.1 | 0.9–4.7 | 1.4 | 0.7–2.8 | 1.9 | 1.0–3.5 |
Anxious-phobic disorders 5 | 27.7 | 25.6–29.9 | 12.2 | 10.3–14.4 | 16.4 | 13.2–20.2 | 13.6 | 11.9–15.5 |
Phobic disorders6 | 7.3 | 6.6–8.0 | 2.4 | 1.2–4.6 | 3.3 | 1.5–7.4 | 2.7 | 1.6–4.6 |
Panic disorder | 0.1 | 0.0–1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0–1.5 | 0 | – | 0.1 | 0.0–1.0 |
GAD | 7.3 | 6.2–8.7 | 2.4 | 1.5–3.7 | 3.1 | 1.2–8.2 | 2.6 | 1.6–4.2 |
OCD | 1.0 | 0.8–1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1–1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1–2.4 | 0.4 | 0.1–1.1 |
PTSD | 16.1 | 14.9–17.4 | 7.8 | 6.3–9.8 | 11.1 | 8.3–14.6 | 9.0 | 7.5–10.7 |
Tobacco | 25.4 | 21.1–30.1 | 13.4 | 11.3–15.7 | 17.4 | 14.4–20.9 | 14.8 | 13.0–16.7 |
Alcohol | 2.4 | 1.4–2.7 | 0.5 | 0.1–1.6 | 4.8 | 2.3–9.6 | 1.9 | 0.9–4.1 |
Drugs | 1.6 | 0.9–2.7 | 1.6 | 0.6–4.4 | 0.8 | 0.3–2.0 | 1.3 | 0.6–3.0 |
Severe mental disorder 7 | 14.7 | 12.0–17.9 | 5.1 | 3.8–6.8 | 8.7 | 6.9–10.9 | 6.3 | 5.1–7.7 |
Any mental disorder (except tobacco) | 38.4 | 34.3–42.7 | 19.1 | 16.6–21.8 | 26.2 | 22.1–30.9 | 21.5 | 19.4–23.9 |
Temporary detention center;
Confidence Interval;
Delusional Disorder, Acute Psychotic, and Schizoaffective Disorder;
Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Dysthymia, Hypomania, and Mania;
Panic, Agoraphobia, Social Phobia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and Pos Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD);
Agoraphobia and Social Phobia;
Schizophrenia, Delusional Disorder, Acute Psychotic Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Severe Depression, and Bipolar Affective Disorder.