Mental disorders and risk of suicide attempt in prisoners
Author(s) -
Louis Favril,
Devon Indig,
Craig Gear,
Kay Wilhelm
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1433-9285
pISSN - 0933-7954
DOI - 10.1007/s00127-020-01851-7
Subject(s) - psychiatry , poison control , suicide prevention , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , epidemiology , occupational safety and health , psychology , medicine , medical emergency , pathology
Mental disorders are overrepresented in prisoners, placing them at an increased risk of suicide. Advancing our understanding of how different mental disorders relate to distinct stages of the suicidal process-the transition from ideation to action-would provide valuable information for clinical risk assessment in this high-risk population.
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