Psychological distress among re-education through labour camp detainees in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China

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[Background:] There is currently no information about the prevalence of, and factors contributing to psychological distress experienced by re-education through labour camp detainees in China. [Methods:] A cross-sectional face-to-face survey was conducted in three labour camps in Guangxi, China. The questionnaire covered socio-demographic characteristics; sexually transmissible infections (STIs); drug use; psychological distress (K-10); and health service usage and access inside the labour camps. K-10 scores were categorised as ≤30 (low to moderate distress) and  >30 or more (highly distressed). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models identified factors independently associated with high K-10 scores for men and women separately. [Results:] In total, 755 detainees, 576 (76%) men and 179 (24%) women, participated in the health survey. The study found 11.6% men versus 11.2% women detainees experienced high psychological distress, but no significant gender differences were observed (p> 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression showed that multiple physical health problems were significantly associated with high psychological distress among men. [Conclusion:] Drug treatment and forensic mental health services need to be established in detention centres in China to treat more than 10% of detainees with drug use and mental health disorders.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Journal of Mental Health ; ISSN: 1360-0567 ; Volume: 26 ; Year: 2017 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 57-65 ; Abingdon: Taylor & Francis

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: prisoners ; China ; psychological distress ; K-10 ; labour camps

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Yap, Lorraine ; Shu, Su ; Zhang, Lei ; Liu, Wei ; Chen, Yi ; Wu, Zunyou ; Li, Jianghong ; Wand, Handan ; Donovan, Basil ; Butler, Tony
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Taylor & Francis ; ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
• (wo): Abingdon
• (wann): 2017

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1080/09638237.2016.1276529
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/187691
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ