Deliberate self-harm and suicide attempt in custody: Distinguishing features in male inmates' self-injurious behavior

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 370-385

  Lohner, Johannes ^a   Konrad, Norbert ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the Berlin Prison Hospitals ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Custody; Deliberate self harm; Self injurious behavior; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUSTODY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETHALITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISON; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BERLIN; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33748171986     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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