A cross-sectional survey of prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among prisoners in New South Wales, Australia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Larney, Sarah ^a,b   Topp, Libby ^c   Indig, Devon ^a,d   O'Driscoll, Colmán ^e,f   Greenberg, David ^e,f  

^a Justice Health Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e JUSTICE HEALTH AND FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84855464754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-14     Document Type: Review

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