Factores de riesgo psicosocial que inciden en la salud mental de los internos del EPMSC de la ciudad de Pamplona.

Abstract

The research presented below sets out the relationship that exists between psychosocial risk factors and their influence on the deteriorating mental health of people inmates in the Penitentiary Establishment of Medium Security and Prison (EPMSC) of the city of Pamplona, through a qualitative study of cross section, using instruments such as participant observation, semistructured interview and a focus group, aimed towards three categories are used: Family factors, of the prison environment and the consumption of psychoactive substances within this establishment. A sample of 16 inmates was selected, for convenience, by means of intentional sampling, with five (5) of the sixteen (16) participants applying a focus group and with the remaining semi- structured interviews instruments which allowed to determine the following results: I. In the family category, there are concerns associated with socioeconomic status, the detriment of relationships with certain members of the family and the problems of couple, as emotional distress generating agents; II. In the category of prison environment, was identified as factors influencing, the situations of violence, and the feelings that imprisonment produces in them, as the main features of the prison subculture negatively involved in mental health, and III. In relation to the consumption of SPA, it was found to be a determining that causes the appearance of physical illness and emotional imbalances in this population.