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Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Anger in Turkish Prisoners
Author(s) -
Unver Yener,
Yuce Mehmet,
Bayram Nuran,
Bilgel Nazan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of forensic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1556-4029
pISSN - 0022-1198
DOI - 10.1111/1556-4029.12142
Subject(s) - anger , anxiety , prison , psychiatry , clinical psychology , psychology , turkish , depression (economics) , mental health , anger management , poison control , medicine , medical emergency , linguistics , philosophy , criminology , economics , macroeconomics
In T urkey, prison studies are rare and the mental health status of prisoners has not received proper attention. The purpose of this cross‐sectional and descriptive study was to assess the prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress, and anger among a group of T urkish prisoners. Two self‐reporting instruments (the D epression A nxiety S tress S cale‐42 and M ultidimensional A nger S cale) were filled out by 685 prisoners. Prisoners in the study group were found to be depressive, anxious, and stressed. Anger symptoms and aggressive behaviors were found to be at a moderate level. Prisoners with a history of being subjected to domestic violence in childhood had higher depression, anxiety, and stress scores than those without such a history. Young prisoners, those who had been previously imprisoned, with substance dependency and higher stress and anxiety levels reported more anger symptoms than others. Psychological support, together with stress and anger management programs, seems to be essential.