Solitary confinement and risk of self-harm among jail inmates

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 442-447

  Kaba, Fatos ^a   Lewis, Andrea ^a   Glowa Kollisch, Sarah ^a   Hadler, James ^a   Lee, David ^a   Alper, Howard ^a   Selling, Daniel ^a   MacDonald, Ross ^a   Solimo, Angela ^a   Parsons, Amanda ^a   Venters, Homer ^a  

^a New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PRISONERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894091725     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301742     Document Type: Article

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