Ending up in prison healthy and getting out mentally ill: Prevalence and risk factors of psychiatric illnesses among jail inmates at the Kondengui Central Prison (Yaoundé-Cameroon)

Ending up in prison healthy and getting out mentally ill: Prevalence and risk factors of psychiatric illnesses among jail inmates at the Kondengui Central Prison (Yaoundé-Cameroon)

Background: Mental disorders are a matter of great concern worldwide. The situation is particularly challenging in the developing countries given the substandard detention conditions of prisoners. This appears to be an obstacle to achieve the triple economic, social, and security goals of prisons of...

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Main Authors: Eric Clement Lele Nkoagne, H Blaise Nguendo Yongsi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour
Subjects:
Cameroon
jail inmates
Kondengui Central Prison
mental disorders
risk factors
Online Access:http://www.jmhhb.org/article.asp?issn=0971-8990;year=2018;volume=23;issue=1;spage=43;epage=51;aulast=Lele

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