title: Factors associated with suicide attempts in female inmates: the hegemony of hopelessness.
abstract: In this study factors associated with past suicide attempts in female inmates were examined. Female inmate participants (N = 105) were given structured diagnostic assessments of antisocial and borderline personality disorders and substance dependence, as well as measures of depression, hopelessness, problem-focused coping styles, and reasons for living. There was a high lifetime prevalence of past suicide attempts (38.1%). Suicide attempts were positively associated with personality disorders, hopelessness, depression, childhood physical/emotional abuse, and family history of suicide and mood disorders, and negatively associated with income, reasons for living, and problem-focused coping. Controlling for hopelessness, borderline personality disorder and family history of suicide attempts were the only variables that remained uniquely associated with suicide attempts.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, 98195, USA. achapman@brtc.psych.washington.edu
authors.forename: Alexander L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Matthew W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Specht
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cellucci
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011329:Prisoners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires