Suicides in female prisoners in England and Wales, 1978-2004

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-184

  Fazel, Seena ^a   Benning, Ram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60149090419     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.046490     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. National Offender Management Service. Population in Custody Quarterly Brief. April to June 2005 England and Wales. Home Office, 2005.
2. Fazel S, Danesh J. Serious mental disorder in 23000 prisoners, a systematic review of 62 surveys. Lancet 2002; 359: 545-50.
3. Jenkins R, Bhugra d, Meltzer H, Singleton N, Bebbington p, Brugha T, et al. Psychiatric and social aspects of suicidal behaviour in prisons. Psychol Med 2005; 35: 257-69.
4. Shaw J, Baker d, Hunt IM, Maloney A, Appleby l. Suicide by prisoners: national clinical survey. Br J Psychiatry 2004; 184: 263-7.
5. Gunnell D, Middleton N. National suicide rates as an indicator of the effect of suicide on premature mortality. Lancet 2003; 362: 961-2.
6. world Health Organization. International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-9). WHO, 1978.
7. Fazel S, Benning R. Natural deaths in male prisoners: a 20-year mortality study. Eur J Public Health 2006; 36: 441-4.
8. Gore SM. Suicide in prisons: reflection of the communities served, or exacerbated risk? Br J Psychiatry 1999; 175: 50-5.
9. Weild AR, Gill ON, Bennett D, Livingstone SJ, Parry JV, Curran L. Prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C antibodies in prisoners in England and Wales: a national survey. Comm Dis Public Health 2000; 3: 121-6.
10. Fazel S, Benning R, Danesh J. Suicides in male prisoners in England and Wales, 1978-2003. Lancet 2005; 366: 1301-2.
11. Pratt D, Piper M, Appleby L, Webb R, Shaw J. Suicide in recently released prisoners: a population-based cohort study. Lancet 2006; 368: 119-23.
12. National Confidential Inquiry. Avoidable Deaths: Five Year Report of the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness. University of Manchester, 2006.
13. Fazel S, Cartwright J, Norman-Nott A, Hawton K. Suicide in prisoners: a systematic review of risk factors. J Clin Psychiatry 2008; e1-11 (pii: ej07r03949).
14. Fazel S, Bains P, Doll H. Substance abuse and dependence in prisoners: a systematic review. Addiction 2006; 101: 181-91.
15. Mackenzie N, Oram C, Borrill J. Self-inflicted deaths of women in custody. Br J Forensic Practice 2003; 5: 27-35.
16. Saunderson T, Haynes R, Langford I. Urban-rural variations in suicides and undetermined deaths in England and Wales. J Public Health Med 1998; 20: 261-7.
17. Harris EC, Barraclough B. Excess mortality of mental disorder. Br J Psychiatry 1998; 173: 11-53.
18. Councell R. The Prison Population in 2002. A Statistical Review. TSO (The Stationery Office), 2003.
19. Department of Health. National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England. TSO (The Stationery Office), 2002.
20. Marzano L, Rivlin A, Fazel S, Hawton K. Interviewing survivors of near-lethal self-harm: a novel approach for investigating suicide amongst prisoners. J Forensic Legal Med 2008, doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.08.011.