Browsing by Autor "Adrian P. Mundt"

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1324 prison suicides in 10 countries in South America: incidence, relative risks, and ecological factors
(Springer Science+Business Media, 2020) Francesco Domenico Fritz; Seena Fazel; Andrés Benavides Salcedo; Paulette Henry; Guillermo Rivera Arroyo; Júlio Torales; Natalia Trujillo; Freddy Vásquez; Adrian P. Mundt
Mental health in prisons in Latin America: The effects of COVID-19
(SAGE Publishing, 2023) Andrew Forrester; Anne Aboaja; Lukas Beigel; Adrian P. Mundt; Guillermo Rivera Arroyo; Júlio Torales
Latin America is a vast region of the world. In 2022, it is estimated that nearly 620 million people live in 33 countries spanning almost 20 million km2 across North, South and Central America, and the Caribbean.1 These countries are united by their common historic cultural origins.2 It is estimated that Spanish is spoken by 400 million, and Portuguese by 200 million people in the region.2 Quechua is the most widely spoken indigenous language in the region, with around 8 million speakers; smaller numbers speak around 560 other indigenous languages such as Mayan, Guarani, and Nahuatl.2,3 The region was described as having a total gross domestic product (GDP) of almost 4.7 trillion US dollars in 2020, with substantial contributions from the four largest economies—Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and Chile.4,5 However, Latin American countries are mainly considered developing nations.5
Mental health intervention research in Latin American correctional settings: A scoping review
(SAGE Publishing, 2023) Lukas Beigel; Andrew Forrester; Júlio Torales; Anne Aboaja; Guillermo Rivera Arroyo; Marcelo O’Higgins; Annette Opitz‐Welke; Adrian P. Mundt
Implementation and effectiveness research of mental health interventions in Latin American prisons is scarce. Addressing mental health, substance use and prosocial behavior outcomes should be considered in future research. There is a particular dearth of controlled trials describing quantifiable outcomes.
Psychiatric Hospital Beds and Prison Populations in South America Since 1990
(American Medical Association, 2014) Adrian P. Mundt; Winnie S. Chow; Margarita Arduino; Hugo Barrionuevo; Rosemarie Fritsch; N. Girala; Alberto Minoletti; Flávia Mitkiewicz de Souza; Guillermo Rivera Arroyo; Maria Solange Guarino Tavares
Since 1990, the numbers of psychiatric beds have substantially decreased in South America, while the sizes of the prison populations have increased against a background of strong economic growth. The changes appear to be associated because the numbers of beds decreased more extensively when and where the sizes of prison populations increased. These findings are consistent with and specify the assumption of an association between the numbers of psychiatric beds and the sizes of prison populations. More research is needed to understand the drivers of the capacities of psychiatric hospitals and prisons and to explore reasons for their association.