Analysis on mental-insanity and cessation-of-dangerousness examinations in three Brazilian custodial institutions: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Tania Maria Nava Marchewka Alvaro Nagib Atallah Nathalia Marchewka Valente Tamara Melnik

Published in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2021)

No standardized protocols or instruments for diagnosing mental health disorders or assessing use of psychoactive substances had been applied among the inpatients at these custodial institutions in Rio de Janeiro and the Federal District. The treatments that were prescribed to these inpatients consisted mainly of drugs.

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