The association between a self-reported history of mental health problems and a history of parasuicide in a sample of UK male prisoners

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-434

  Black, Damien ^a   James, Mark ^a   Evan, Robert ^a   Rogers, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b Glanrhyd Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental health; Parasuicide; Prisoners

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33847311738     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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