Salud mental, barreras para el uso de los servicios y demanda de ayuda: relación con la satisfacción de los reclusos con el establecimiento penitenciario

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.12784
Título de la obra: "Perspectivas". Artista: Vanessa Daly dos Santos

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Publicado: feb 10, 2026
Número: Vol. 43 Núm. 2 (2025): Vol. 43 Núm. 2 (2025): Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana 43(2)
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Palabras clave: Salud mental Barreras para el uso de servicios de salud Apoyo social Satisfacción de los internos Prisiones

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  Lídia Lobo
Universidade da Beira Interior
  Ana Isabel Cunha
Universidade da Beira Interior e Universidade do Porto
  Vítor Costa
Universidade da Beira Interior
  Graça Esgalhado
Universidade da Beira Interior; Instituto de Psicologia Cognitiva, Desenvolvimento Vocacional e Social (IPCDVS)

Resumen

El presente artículo tiene como objetivo analizar las percepciones de los reclusos sobre su salud mental, las barreras para el uso de los servicios de salud mental y la búsqueda de ayuda, y su relación con la satisfacción con el establecimiento penitenciario. La muestra incluye 136 participantes del sexo masculino, con edades comprendidas entre los 21 y los 68 años (M = 38.27; DE = 11.41). Los datos se recogieron mediante un cuestionario de autorrespuesta en dos prisiones portuguesas. El 52.6 % de los reclusos refieren sentimientos de fracaso y de haber perjudicado a su familia. El temor a que la información sea utilizada en contra de uno mismo (38.5 %) y la falta de confidencialidad (35.9 %) fueron las barreras más frecuentemente mencionadas. La fuente de apoyo a la que más recurren los participantes es la familia/pareja (85.3 %). Se encontró una asociación positiva débil entre el número total de barreras identificadas y las preocupaciones diarias de los reclusos. Menos preocupaciones cotidianas, menos barreras para el uso de los servicios de salud mental y un mayor número de fuentes de apoyo percibidas fueron predictores de una mayor probabilidad de estar satisfecho con el establecimiento penitenciario. Se presentan las implicaciones para la práctica y la investigación derivadas de los resultados del presente estudio.

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Lobo, L., Cunha, A. I., Costa, V., & Esgalhado, G. (2026). Salud mental, barreras para el uso de los servicios y demanda de ayuda: relación con la satisfacción de los reclusos con el establecimiento penitenciario. Avances En Psicología Latinoamericana , 43(2). https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.12784
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