ESTRÉS Y DEPRESIÓN EN DETENIDOS POR PRIMERA VEZ: CENTRO DE DETENCIÓN PROVISIONAL DE PORTOVIEJO

Abstract

The research was developed under the quantitative approach, supported by the descriptive method. This study was conceived in two stages: the related bibliography was first thoroughly revised to support the theoretical bases and characterization of the research; in the second stage, a field survey was carried out at the Provisional Detention Center of the city of Portoviejo, where a male prison population of 37 persons was considered deprived of liberty for the first time, without considering exclusions of any kind. Authorization was requested to apply the inventory of Beck Depression II, which consists of 21 multiple-choice questions and is used to measure the severity of a depression picture. The results of the use of the Beck depression inventory for the first time incarcerated in the Provisional Detention Center of the city of Portoviejo determine that 43% of the respondents need professional support for suffering some degree of depression. It was determined that the number of new detainees, corresponds to a percentage greater than 41%, after the traffic offenses that the percentage continues with 24%. It is detected that in the crime of mayor incidence commits child of young adults, aged between 18 and 29 years.