Background Rates of suicide among people in prison are elevated compared with people of
similar age and sex who are living in the community. Improving assessments and …

Aims To review studies of the prevalence of substance abuse and dependence in prisoners
on reception into custody. Design and method A systematic review of studies measuring the …

OBJECTIVE: To systematically review and perform a meta-analysis of the research literature
on the prevalence of mental disorders in adolescents in juvenile detention and correctional …

BackgroundThe expression of suicidal ideation is considered to be an important warning
sign for suicide. However, the predictive properties of suicidal ideation as a test of later …

Aims. Several authors claimed that expression of suicidal ideation is one of the most
important predictors of completed suicide. However, the strength of the association between …

Objective: To examine factors associated with suicide in prisoners. Data Sources: Studies
were identified through electronic searches of MEDLINE (1950–February 2007), PsycINFO …

Background Although suicide rates among prisoners are high and vary between countries, it
is uncertain whether this reflects the importation of risk from the general population or is …

Objective: Suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviour are both regarded as important risk
factors for suicide, but it is usually believed that suicidal ideation is less strongly linked to …

Background Several studies have been undertaken on suicide in custody, but few on suicide
after the release from prison. We undertook a population-based cohort study to investigate …

Previous research on suicide in United States prisons focused on the characteristics of
inmates who commit suicide while largely ignoring the prison context surrounding these …