ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017
Associations among Substance Use, Mental Health Disorders, and Self-Harm in a Prison Population: Examining Group Risk for Suicide Attempt.
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- Suicidal ideation, attempted suicide and determinants among prisoners in Ethiopia 2024: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- The prevalence of comorbid serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders in prison populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2022Pooled it
- Severe mental illness and substance use disorders in prisoners in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence studies.The Lancet. Global health · 2019Pooled it
- Recent incarceration and minoritized racial status as barriers to the effectiveness of recovery management checkups.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025Trial
- Mental health of female prisoners in Spain: vulnerabilities and challenges in prison environments.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
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- Racial Differences in Suicidal Behaviors and Post-Suicide Attempt Treatment: a Latent Class Analysis of Incarcerated Men's Experiences.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Examining problem gambling, substance use disorders and cluster B personality traits among incarcerated individuals.Addictive behaviors reports · 2024Article
- Key stakeholders' perspectives of illicit drug use and associated harms in the Northern Territory of Australia.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Depression among inmates of Gandaki Province, Nepal: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Prisoners' Perceptions and Satisfaction with Telepsychiatry Services in Greece and the Effects of Its Use on the Coercion of Mental Healthcare.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Suicidal behavior across a broad range of psychiatric disorders.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Review
- The role of substance use in the lives of incarcerated older adults: A qualitative study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Beliefs about mental health in incarcerated males: a qualitative interview study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- "Degrees of Freedom": Comparing Mental Distress of Populations with Different Levels of Access to Care-Prisoners, Psychiatric Patients and General Population.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Mental disorders and risk of suicide attempt in prisoners.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2020Article
- Alcohol use disorder among prisoners in Debre Berhan prison, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2020Article
- Suicidal thinking, depression, and religiosity in a freedom-deprived population.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2020Article
- The prevalence of Epilepsy and its co-occurrence with alcohol dependence among polish prisoners.International journal for equity in health · 2019Article
- The prevalence of mental disorders in Taiwanese prisons: a nationwide population-based study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Substance use disorders (SUD) and mental health disorders are significant public health issues that co-occur and are associated with high risk for suicide attempts. SUD and mental health disorders are more prevalent among offenders (i.e., prisoners or inmates) than the non-imprisoned population, raising concerns about the risk of self-harm. This cross-sectional study examined the population of a state prison system (10,988 out of 13,079) to identify associations among SUD (alcohol, cannabis, intravenous drugs, narcotics, and tobacco smoking), mental health disorders (anxiety, bipolar, depression, and psychotic disorders), and suicide attempts. The primary aim was to determine which groups (SUD, mental health disorders, and co-occurrences) were strongly association with suicide attempts. Groups with a documented SUD or mental health disorders compared to peers without these issues had 2.0 and 9.2 greater odds, respectively, for attempting suicide, which was significant at
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