TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Risk factors for attempting suicide in prisoners
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Sarchiapone, Marco
A1  - Carli, Vladimir
A1  - di Giannantonio, Massimo
A1  - Roy, Alec
SP  - 343
EP  - 350
VL  - 39
IS  - 3
N2  - We wished to examine determinants of suicidal behavior in prisoners. 903 male prisoners had a psychiatric interview which included various psychometric tests. Suicide attempters were compared with prisoners who had never attempted suicide. Significantly more of the attempters had a history of psychiatric disorder, substance abuse, a family history of suicidal behavior, convictions for violent crime, had exhibited aggressive behavior in jail, and had higher BGLHA aggression scores. A similar pattern of risk factors was found for prisoners with suicidal ideation. A lifetime history of attempting suicide, or of having suicidal ideation, is frequent in prisoners. Risk factors include family, developmental, aggression, personality, psychiatric, and substance abuse factors.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2009.39.3.343
ID  - ref1
ER  -