Prevalence And Correlates Of Mental Disorders Among Prisoners At Debremarkos

No studies so far have been conducted ill Elhiopia 10 eslimale the prevalence of menIal disorders in arnprison populalion. !n order 10 explore Ihe magnilude of menial disorders and Iheir associaliollS wilhrnsocio-demographic faclors and some criminal hislories of inll1ales, a sludy IVas conducled in DebrernMarkos lown using Ihe Amharic version oflhe Composile !nlernalional Diagnoslic lnlerview (CID!).rnA lolal of 1 04 inmales aged 19-59 years (allihe 48 female prisoners purposely laken as a sample andrn56 males selected by 5ystemolic random samplil1g) were interviewed by nOll-clinician il1lerviewers.rnThe aggregale life-lime prevalence eSlimale of lIIenlal disorders was 46.6 ,.Jercenl and .f 1.9 perceJ1/rnwhell subslance Ivas 1101 included. The 1I10Si frequenl specific diagnoses IVere: anxiely disorders (9.3rnpercenl), major depression (7.4 percelll), dissocialive amnesia (7.4 percenl), and dyslhYlllicrndisorderlrecllrrenl depressive episode (5.6 percCII I). Associaliolls of specific menial disorders wilhrndemographic .fac/ors and criminal histories of inmates were assessed lIsing one lay al7a~)lsis ofrnvariance. A4oreover, comparisons for significant group meall differences were tested by POI /-lac lestrn(Scheffe's) and I-Iesl. Felllale sex 'I'as shown 10 have sla/islically sigllificanl associcllion lI'ilhrndyslhymic disorder (1=2. 10, P

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