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Psychiatric morbidity among convicted male sex offenders at Kamiti Prison, Kenya
- Source :
- East African Medical Journal; Vol 84, No 4 (2007): ; 151-155, Europe PubMed Central
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Objectives: To determine the prevalence and distribution of psychiatric morbidity among convicted male sex offenders and to establish factors associated with sexual offending. Design : A Cross-sectional descriptive survey. Setting: Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, Nairobi, Kenya. Subjects : Seventy six male convicts. Results: Forty seven (61.8%) had defi lement-related convictions, 23 (30.3%) had rape-related, while six (7.9%) had other convictions. Twenty seven (35.5%) out of 76 had a DSM-IV Axis I disorder, majority of whom (71.1%) were dependent on or abused substances, and 26 (34.2%) had an Axis II disorder, most of whom had antisocial and impulsive personality disorders (46.2%). Of these 12 (15.8%) had an Axis I diagnosis alone, 11 (14.5%) had an Axis II diagnosis alone while 15 (19.7%) had both Axis I and II diagnoses, that is, co-morbidity. Exposure to erotica was statistically associated with both Axis I and II (p = 0.02 and p = 0.0003 respectively) and pre-occupation with thoughts about sex was associated with Axis II disorders (p = 0.01). Conclusions: Most of those with psychiatric morbidity targeted children and had antisocial or impulsive personality disorder. Awareness campaigns to enlighten the public of the fact that children are the most common victims and research to determine ways of treating and rehabilitating sexual offenders could reduce the vice.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Substance-Related Disorders
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Descriptive survey
Prison
Comorbidity
Personality Disorders
Axis II diagnosis
Surveys and Questionnaires
East africa
medicine
Erotica
Humans
Psychiatry
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Aged
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
business.industry
Paraphilic Disorders
Mental Disorders
Prisoners
Sex Offenses
General Medicine
Axis i diagnosis
Middle Aged
Impulsive personality
Kenya
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders
Impulsive personality disorder
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
business
Maximum security
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Details
- ISSN :
- 0012835X
- Volume :
- 84
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- East African medical journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5937c1355c5bbf946d3016b1fc1b3d0f