Suicidal ideation among inmate-patients in state prison: Prevalence, reluctance to report, and treatment preferences

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 230-238

  Way, Bruce B ^a   Kaufman, Andrew R ^a   Knoll, James L ^a   Chlebowski, Susan M ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CRIMINALS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84877668136     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2055     Document Type: Article

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