ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2019
Suicide in Older Prisoners in Germany.
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- Risk factors for suicide in prisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence, associated factors, and nomogram model of suicidality among incarcerated individuals: a developmental adaptation perspective for targeted prevention strategies.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Suicide Risk Screening and Assessment before and after the COVID-19 Pandemic in New Inmates.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Profiles of vulnerability for suicide and self-harm in UK prisoners: Neurodisability, mood disturbance, substance use, and bullying.PloS one · 2024Article
- Understanding Risk Factors for Suicide Among Older People in Rural China: A Systematic Review.Innovation in aging · 2024Review
- Suicide risk in male incarcerated individuals in Spain: clinical, criminological and prison-related correlates.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Mental and Physical Health of Older Incarcerated Persons Who Have Aged in Place in Prison.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2022Article
- Loneliness and social isolation among the older person in a Swiss secure institution: a qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Older people in custody in a forensic psychiatric facility, prevalence of dementia, and community reintegration needs: an exploratory analysis.Health & justice · 2022Article
- [Suicides in the German prison system: frequency, risk factors, and prevention].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2022Review
- Mental Disorders, Cognitive Impairment and the Risk of Suicide in Older Adults.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
- Suicide after reception into prison: A case-control study examining differences in early and late events.PloS one · 2021Article
- The relationship between age and suicidal thoughts and attempted suicide among prisoners.Health & justice · 2020Article
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Abstract
As in many countries, the numbers of older prisoners are rising in Germany, but scientific information on this group is scarce. For the current study, a survey was used that included all prison suicides in Germany between the years of 2000 and 2013. Suicide rates of the elderly prisoners exceeded the suicide rates of the general population and the same age group. We observed a continuous decrease in the suicide rate of elderly prisoners. When compared to the younger suicide victims in prison, significantly more elderly suicide victims were: female, of German nationality, remand prisoners, or serving a life sentence. In Germany, elderly prisoners are a vulnerable subpopulation of the prison population. Higher suicide rates than in the same age group in the general population indicate unmet needs regarding mental disorders and their specific treatment.
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