Psychosocial influences on prisoner suicide: A case-control study of near-lethal self-harm in women prisoners

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 874-883

  Marzano, Lisa ^a   Hawton, Keith ^a   Rivlin, Adrienne ^a   Fazel, Seena ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Criminological factors; Prison; Psychological factors; Self injurious behaviour; Social factors; Suicide; UK; Women

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERVIEW; LETHALITY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRISONER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PRISONERS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 79953090388     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.12.028     Document Type: Article

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