Risk factors for attempting suicide in prisoners.
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.
Sarchiapone
Marco
M
Department of Health Sciences, University of Molise, Italy. marco.sarchiapone@gmail.com
Carli
Vladimir
V
Giannantonio
Massimo Di
MD
Roy
Alec
A
D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D003415:Crime / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data