Depression, hopelessness and suicide ideation among vulnerable prisoners

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 164-170

  Palmer, Emma J ^a   Connelly, Rachael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HMP Nottingham ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; RISK; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 27644523333     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.4     Document Type: Article

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