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O presente projecto de investigação tem por objectivo compreender as respresentações
psicológicas das auto-mutilações em reclusos preventivos. Em primeiro lugar é necessário
perceber de que forma o meio prisional exacerba ou minora comportamentos de automutilação,
em indivíduos que já apresentavam histórial deste tipo de comportamento. Em
segundo, investigar de que forma o meio prisional influência a manifestação súbita de automutilações,
em indivíduos sem história de auto-mutilação, e por outro lado se estes sofrem de
algum tipo de perturbação psicológica.
A amostra será constituída por 10 reclusos preventivos, do sexo masculino com
comportamentos de auto-mutilação de um Estabelecimento Prisional que inclua preventivo.
Os instrumentos que serão utilizados para responder aos problemas formulados são os
seguites, um questionário sociodemográfico, de forma a tentar despistar os reclusos
preventivos que se auto-mutilam, uma entrevista clínica estruturada para as perturbações de
personalidade do Eixo II do DSM-IV chamada, SCD-II de forma a que se possa delinear um
diagnóstico para averiguar se os sujeitos têm algum distúrbio de personalidade do Eixo II. Por
último será aplicada uma entrevista semi-directiva a cada um dos reclusos preventivos com o
objectivo de recolher informação sobre a representação das auto-mutilações para cada um dos
participantes.
Com a realização desta investigação espera-se obter informações que possam ajudar os
elementos dos Serviços de Tratamento Penitênciário a actuar de forma mais acertiva com este tipo de problemática de forma a tentar prevenir alguns destes comportamentos.
This paper aims to understand the psychological representations behind self-inflicted injuries in convicts. First it is necessary to understand how prison can increase or decrease this type of behavioral in individuals with history of self-abuse. And secondly it is important to investigate how being imprisoned can make individuals without any history of hurting themselves begin those doing so and if there is any evidence of a psychological disorder. The sample will consist in 10 male individuals in preventive detention with self-abuse behavior. It is important to study this kind of prisoners because this is a time when they are more vulnerable to the kind of behavior that is being studied. There will be a questionnaire about social and demographic feature of the individuals so as to understand if there are any self-mutilation behaviors. Afterwards the participants will answer some questions in a structured interview so as to be able to study if there are any personality disorders to be diagnosed. Finally there will be a semi-direct interview so to be able to understand everybody's representations on self-inflicted injuries. With this paper I expect to help clinical services in prison to know how to best control and deal with this type of behavioral, so as to decrease its occurrence.
This paper aims to understand the psychological representations behind self-inflicted injuries in convicts. First it is necessary to understand how prison can increase or decrease this type of behavioral in individuals with history of self-abuse. And secondly it is important to investigate how being imprisoned can make individuals without any history of hurting themselves begin those doing so and if there is any evidence of a psychological disorder. The sample will consist in 10 male individuals in preventive detention with self-abuse behavior. It is important to study this kind of prisoners because this is a time when they are more vulnerable to the kind of behavior that is being studied. There will be a questionnaire about social and demographic feature of the individuals so as to understand if there are any self-mutilation behaviors. Afterwards the participants will answer some questions in a structured interview so as to be able to study if there are any personality disorders to be diagnosed. Finally there will be a semi-direct interview so to be able to understand everybody's representations on self-inflicted injuries. With this paper I expect to help clinical services in prison to know how to best control and deal with this type of behavioral, so as to decrease its occurrence.
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Comportamento criminal Reclusos preventivos Auto-mutilações Perturbações psicológicas Criminal behavior Preventive detention Self-mutilation Psychological disorders