@article{ref1,
title="A typology of male prisoners making near-lethal suicide attempts",
journal="Crisis",
year="2013",
author="Rivlin, Adrienne and Ferris, Robert and Marzano, Lisa and Fazel, Seena and Hawton, Keith E.",
volume="34",
number="5",
pages="335-347",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Prisoners are at high risk of suicide. AIMS: This study aimed to develop a typology of prison suicide. METHOD: We interviewed 60 male prisoners who made near-lethal suicide attempts in prison to obtain quantitative and qualitative data regarding psychiatric, psychological, social, and criminological factors. We analyzed this information to develop a typology to classify suicidal prisoners and validated it by having a prison psychiatrist independently rate each interview transcript. RESULTS: We developed a typology of five subgroups: attempts that (1) were due to a prisoner being unable to cope in prison, (2) were motivated by psychotic symptoms, (3) had instrumental motives, (4) were &quot;unexpected&quot; by the prisoners themselves, and (5) were associated with withdrawal from drugs. The interrater reliability as measured by Cohen's was good to excellent at 0.81 (p < .001), 95% CI (0.69, 0.93). CONCLUSION: With further validation in other samples, this typology may assist suicide prevention initiatives in prisons as well as other forensic institutions by informing the assessment and formulation of suicide risk.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="10.1027/0227-5910/a000205",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000205"
}