Abstract
to identify and map the mental health care offered to patients admitted to forensic psychiatry institutes in Brazil. a scoping review was guided by the JBI Institute Reviewer's Manual. Searches took place in February 2019, in six databases, using descriptors and synonyms. Analysis was performed using simple descriptive statistics. twelve studies were included, which were predominantly dissertations, published in 2014, carried out in the southeastern region of Brazil. Qualitative researches in the field of psychology and law stood out, with emphasis on the speeches of health professionals, and which did not specify the methodology of data analysis. Final considerations: the care provided to interns of the institutions has a punitive character, is based on excessive medicalization and diverges from the current legislation, which makes social reintegration difficult.
Highlights
In all societies and in the most diverse eras, insanity has been found and often associated with difference, with the abnormal and with what is not within the sphere of the acceptable[1]
In Portuguese, Spanish, and English, produced by Brazilian researchers, which aimed to identify the mental health care provided to inmates in forensic psychiatry institutes was included
The final sample consisted of 12 searches, which represents 0.01% of the initial number of searches and 0.3% of the preselected studies to be read in full (Figure 1)
Summary
In all societies and in the most diverse eras, insanity has been found and often associated with difference, with the abnormal and with what is not within the sphere of the acceptable[1]. Even though over the years there have been changes in the way insanity is perceived, the social imaginary still persists in understanding the person with mental disorder as being incapable, irresponsible and violent, which reinforces their social segregation[2,3]. People with mental disorders who commit a crime, given the inability to distinguish the illicit nature of their actions, cannot be judged by their act. In these circumstances, the application of a Security Measure (SM) is determined for an indefinite period. This measure has a preventive and care character and can be carried out on an outpatient basis or hospitalization in a judicial asylum, to protect society and the individual against the presumed threat of mental disorder[5]
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