Citation

Arroyo JM, Ortega E. Rev. Esp. Sanid. Penit. 2009; 11(1): 3-7.

Vernacular Title

Los trastornos de personalidad en reclusos como factor de distorsión del clima social de la prisión.

Affiliation

Centro Penitenciario de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Sociedad Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria, Publisher Cometa)

DOI

10.4321/S1575-06202009000100002

PMID

23128407

Abstract

The prevalence of Personality Disorders (PD) in a prison and its effect on prison social climate are studied. Our research shows a statistically significant relationship between diagnosis of PD and indicators of social climate disruption such as aggressive interpersonal conduct or compulsive demand for psychoactive drugs in medical consultations. PD is one of the most common mental disorders in prison, and requires special attention from health services, while management of the disorder is a tremendously complex issue in the prison context.

Language: es