Psychiatric beds and prison populations in 17 Latin American countries between 1991 and 2017: rates, trends and an inverse relationship between the two indicators.
Mathias SiebenförcherFrancesco D FritzMatías IrarrázavalAndrés Benavides SalcedoCorinne DedikAna Fresán OrellanaAlejandro Herrera RamosJ Nicolás Ivan Martínez-LópezCarla MolinaFany Alejandra Rivas GomezGuillermo RiveraIgnacio Sandia SaldiviaJulio ToralesNatalia Trujillo OrregoAndreas HeinzAdrian P MundtPublished in: Psychological medicine (2020)
Important numbers of psychiatric beds have been removed in Latin America. Removals of psychiatric beds were related to increasing incarceration rates. Minimum numbers of psychiatric beds need to be defined and addressed in national policies.