Factors Associated with Prolonged Institutionalization in Mentally Ill People with and Without a History of Violence and Legal Involvement: A Cross-Sectional Study

• Author: Thayná Pereira da Silva,Gustavo Carvalho de Oliveira,Hiltanice Medeiros Bezerra,Alexandre Martins Valença,Marina Clara Oliveira Fraga
• DOI: 10.1177/0306624X211022671
• Published date: 01 June 2022
• Date: 01 June 2022
• Subject Matter: Articles

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Offender Therapy and

Comparative Criminology

2022, Vol. 66(8) 824 –837

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Factors Associated with

Prolonged Institutionalization

in Mentally Ill People with and

Without a History of Violence

and Legal Involvement:

A Cross-Sectional Study

Gustavo Carvalho de Oliveira1,2,3,4 ,

Marina Clara Oliveira Fraga5, Thayná Pereira da Silva5,

Hiltanice Medeiros Bezerra4,

and Alexandre Martins Valença3,6

Abstract

This is a cross-sectional study carried out on 34 individuals hospitalized for a long

period in the Federal District, in Brazil. To evaluate factors related to prolonged

institutionalization in mental patients with history of violence and criminal records.

Individuals found were assorted into two groups: with and without criminal records.

We analyzed 56 items by reviewing medical records and health records. Demographic

and social data, history of violence, criminal involvement, medical history, substance

use, and other aspects related to long hospitalizations, by reviewing medical and

health records. We found a profile of male individuals: single, male, with an average

age of 47.6 years, low education, and little professional qualification from correctional

facilities or long-term psychiatric clinics and hospitals. Most men had a history of

aggressive behavior, a leading psychiatric diagnosis of psychosis, and an issue with

1Centro Universitário de Brasília, Brazil

2Swinburne University—Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

3Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

4State Health Departmente of the Federal District, Brasília, Brazil

5Escola Superior em Ciências de Saúde do Distrito Federal, Brasília, Brazil

6Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Corresponding Author:

Gustavo Carvalho de Oliveira, Centro Universitário de Brasília (UniCEUB), Coordenação do Curso

de Medicina, SEPN 707/907—Campus Universitário,—Asa Norte, Brasília, Distrito Federal 70790-075,

Brazil.

Email: psiquiatragustavo@gmail.com

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