Background Self-harm is a leading cause of morbidity in prisoners. Although a wide range of
risk factors for self-harm in prisoners has been identified, the strength and consistency of …

More than 10 million people are incarcerated worldwide; this number has increased by
about a million in the past decade. Mental disorders and infectious diseases are more …

Background Self-harm and suicide are common in prisoners, yet robust information on the
full extent and characteristics of people at risk of self-harm is scant. Furthermore …

Suicidal behaviour represents a substantial burden of morbidity and mortality in prisons
worldwide. We aimed to synthesise the evidence on prevalence and risk factors for suicide …

Previous research on suicide in United States prisons focused on the characteristics of
inmates who commit suicide while largely ignoring the prison context surrounding these …

Background: Worldwide, prisoners are at high risk of suicide. Research on near-lethal
suicide attempts can provide important insights into risk and protective factors, and inform …

We examined the psychosocial influences on female prisoner suicide by carrying out a study
of near-lethal self-harm. We interviewed 60 women prisoners who had recently engaged in …

In 2000 the Department of Mental Health of the World Health Organization (WHO) published
a guide named Preventing Suicide. A Resource for Prison Officers as part of the WHO …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to utilize data from the 2000 British National Survey
of Psychiatric Morbidity, a randomized cross-sectional survey of the British population that …

BackgroundSuicide rates vary by occupation but this relationship has not been frequently
studiedAimsTo identify the occupations with significantly high suicide rates in England and …