ReviewPsychologica Belgica2021
Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prevention of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviour in Prisons: A Literature Review.
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- Incidence of physical non-communicable disease in people who have experienced imprisonment compared with the general population in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2026Pooled it
- Data-Driven and State-Tailored Strategies to Promote Suicide Prevention in Corrections Facilities.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- Arrest Status, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Moderating Social Factors: A Cross-sectional Study of a U.S. Sample (2015-2019).Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Psychosocial Experiences of Juvenile Detainees in Türkiye: An analysis of Environmental Factors from an Ecological Systems Perspective.International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology · 2026Article
- Suicidality in the Criminal Justice System: The Role of Cumulative Adversity and Protective Factors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Understanding healthcare utilisation for aboriginal people in New South Wales prisons with histories of self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a retrospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Lived Experiences of Transgender Inmates in Barcelona Prisons: An Interpretative Phenomenological Study.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2025Article
- Association between nature exposure and suicidal tendency among Chinese inmates: a moderated mediation model.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Examining Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Behaviors: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Portuguese Male Inmates.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Emotional experiences of Korean correctional officers in response to incarcerated persons' self-harm: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- 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
- Suicide Risk Screening and Assessment before and after the COVID-19 Pandemic in New Inmates.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Comparison of two suicide screening instruments for identifying high-risk individuals in prison.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Deaths in jail: a retrospective analysis of autopsies performed at the Legal Medicine Unit of Pavia (1999-2022).Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Suicide risk in male incarcerated individuals in Spain: clinical, criminological and prison-related correlates.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Do Homicide Perpetrators Have Higher Rates of Delayed-Suicide Than the Other Offenders? Data from a Sample of the Inmate Population in Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Mental health disparities between Spanish and foreign prison inmates: reasons for referral from prison to a specific unit in a general hospital.Revista espanola de sanidad penitenciariaArticle
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Abstract
Suicide is a global public health concern that affects all echelons of society, albeit not equally so. Compared with adults in the general population, incarcerated offenders are at increased risk to consider, attempt, and die by suicide, which represents a substantial burden of morbidity and mortality in prisons worldwide. This review synthesises recent literature pertaining to the epidemiology, risk factors, and prevention of suicidal thoughts and behaviour among prisoners, and outlines a framework which emphasises the interplay between individuals (importation) and their surroundings (deprivation). The available evidence suggests that prison-specific stressors may exacerbate risk of suicide in an already vulnerable population characterised by complex health and social care needs. Emerging data point to differential mechanisms through which prisoners come to think about suicide and subsequently progress to suicidal behaviour. As risk of suicide is determined by a complex web of synergistically interacting factors, its management and prevention demands a cross-sectoral policy and service response that includes targeted interventions aimed at high-risk prisoners in combination with population strategies that promote the health and wellbeing of all people in prison.
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