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Childhood maltreatment and suicide attempts in prisoners: a systematic meta-analytic review.
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- Social Determinants of Health and Suicide-Related Outcomes: A Review of Meta-Analyses.JAMA psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- The Impact of Childhood Psychological Maltreatment on Mental Health Outcomes in Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2023Pooled it
- Risk factors for suicide in prisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2021Pooled it
- Association of Childhood Maltreatment With Suicide Behaviors Among Young People: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2020Pooled it
- Risk factors for self-harm in prison: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Sequelae of child maltreatment: Umbrella synthesis of 148 meta-analyses on the mental health correlates.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Suicidality in the Criminal Justice System: The Role of Cumulative Adversity and Protective Factors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Childhood exposure to interpersonal and animal-directed violence: adversity profiles and adult suicidality.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Prevalence, associated factors, and nomogram model of suicidality among incarcerated individuals: a developmental adaptation perspective for targeted prevention strategies.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Association between maternal exposure to cumulative childhood trauma and offspring childhood trauma and depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Facilitating Greater Understanding of Trauma-Informed Care in Applied Behavior Analysis: An Introduction to the Special Issue.Behavior analysis in practice · 2024Article
- Enriching Prison Environments via Peer-Led Activities.Behavior analysis in practice · 2024Article
- Suicidal ideation, attempt and associated factors among prisoners in Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Molecular Changes Associated with Suicide.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Child Sexual Abuse Victimization: Focus on Self-Compassion.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Adverse Social Relationships in Childhood: Are there Links with Depression, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Suicidality in Adulthood?Child psychiatry and human development · 2021Article
- The impact of childhood psychological maltreatment on mental health outcomes in adulthood: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2021Article
- Review
- [Relationship between childhood trauma and suicidal risk in prisoners: the mediating effect of alexithymia].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2021Article
- Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prevention of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviour in Prisons: A Literature Review.Psychologica Belgica · 2021Review
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Abstract
In the past decade, the links between core types of childhood maltreatment and suicidal acts have become an increasingly important area of investigation. However, no meta-analytic review has examined this relationship in prisoners. We undertook the first systematic meta-analytic review examining the link between childhood maltreatment and suicide attempts in prisoners to redress this important gap. We searched Medline, PsychINFO, Embase, Web of Science and CINAHL from inception until August 2019. Meta-analyses using random effect models were applied, and heterogeneity was quantified using the I2 statistic. Publication bias and risk of bias across studies were assessed. We identified 24 studies comprising 16 586 prisoners. The rates of different types of childhood maltreatment ranged between 29% and 68% [95% confidence interval (CI) 18-81%]. The rate of suicide attempts in prisoners was 23% (95% CI 18-27%). Main results demonstrated that sexual abuse [odds ratio (OR) 2.68, 95% CI 1.86-3.86], physical abuse (OR 2.16, 95% CI 1.60-2.91), emotional abuse (OR 2.70, 95% CI 1.92-3.79), emotional neglect (OR 2.29, 95% CI 1.69-3.10), physical neglect (OR 1.57, 95% CI 1.27-1.94) and combined abuse (OR 3.09, 95% CI 2.14-4.45) were strongly associated with suicide attempts in prisoners. There was an indication of publication bias. Duval and Tweedie's trim-and-fill method was applied, which increased the odds for suicide attempts. Given the high rates of prison suicide deaths and suicide attempts, our findings suggest an urgent need for targeted suicide prevention priorities for prisoners, with a particular focus on ameliorating the effects of childhood traumatic experiences on suicidal prisoners.
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