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Risk Factors for Attempting Suicide in Prisoners
Author(s) -
Sarchiapone Marco,
Carli Vladimir,
Di Giannantonio Massimo,
Roy Alec
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1521/suli.2009.39.3.343
Subject(s) - psychiatry , poison control , suicide prevention , aggression , suicidal ideation , psychology , injury prevention , clinical psychology , substance abuse , suicide attempt , human factors and ergonomics , personality , medicine , medical emergency , social psychology
We wished to examine determinants of suicidal behavior in prisoners. 903 male prisoners had a psychiatric interview which included various psychometric tests. Suicide attempters were compared with prisoners who had never attempted suicide. Significantly more of the attempters had a history of psychiatric disorder, substance abuse, a family history of suicidal behavior, convictions for violent crime, had exhibited aggressive behavior in jail, and had higher BGLHA aggression scores. A similar pattern of risk factors was found for prisoners with suicidal ideation. A lifetime history of attempting suicide, or of having suicidal ideation, is frequent in prisoners. Risk factors include family, developmental, aggression, personality, psychiatric, and substance abuse factors.