title: Cognitive Behavioural Suicide Prevention for Male Prisoners: Case examples.
abstract: Suicide is a serious public health problem but a problem that is preventable. This complex and challenging problem is particularly prevalent amongst prisoners; associated with a five-fold increase in risk compared to the general community. Being in prison can lead people to experience fear, distrust, lack of control, isolation, and shame, which is often experienced as overwhelming and intolerable with some choosing suicide as a way to escape. Few effective psychological interventions exist to prevent suicide although cognitive behaviour therapies appear to offer some promise. Offering cognitive behaviour suicide prevention (CBSP) therapy to high risk prisoners may help to reduce the likelihood of preventable self-inflicted deaths. In this paper we present three cases drawn from a randomised controlled trial designed to investigate the feasibility of CBSP for male prisoners. Implications of the current findings for future research and clinical practice are considered.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.affiliation: School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gooding
authors.affiliation: School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Awenat
authors.affiliation: Manchester Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eccles
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tarrier
keywords: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; Prisoner; Suicide Prevention