Mental health assessment of under trial sexual assault accused in Bengaluru central jail – A cross section study
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Forensic Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
The study has been carried out to assess the mental health status of the under trail sexual assault accused in Bengaluru central jail, Karnataka. It is a cross sectional descriptive study. With their consent, the mental health assessment was done using M.I.N.I Plus questionnaire. Later with the help of M.I.N.I Plus SPSS software data was tabulated, analyzed and expressed in terms of number of cases and percentage. Prior permission from concerned jail authority was taken. In our study, 68% of offenders were suffering from general anxiety disorder, 56% offenders are alcohol dependent, 59% offenders have social phobia, 12% offenders suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, 9% offenders were smokers, 2% offenders suffer from depression, 1% offenders suffer from mania and 1% suffers from psychosis.
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Praveen kumar, Sunil Kumar Kainoor, Suraj . , Ravishankar MG
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