Psicopatología Clínica en Población Penitenciaria Masculina por Delito de Asesinato Azuay-Ecuador, 2023.

The study of mental health also involves addressing clinical psychopathology and criminal acts, conditions that require preventive and comprehensive treatments. This research aims to describe clinical psychopathology in terms of symptoms in the male prison population serving a sentence for the crime of murder in the Centro de Privación de Libertad, Azuay No. 1, Ecuador in the year 2023. It had a quantitative approach, non-experimental, cross-sectional design and descriptive scope. The population consisted of 51 persons deprived of liberty. A bio-socio-demographic-legal form and the Personality Assessment Inventory were used. The main results show that they were young adults, single, high school graduates and from an urban area. The judicial characteristics that stand out are self-defense, alcohol consumption and presumption of innocence. In the prevalence of clinical psychopathology, drug problems, paranoia and antisocial traits, as well as egocentrism and hypervigilance stand out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]