Near-lethal self-harm in women prisoners: contributing factors and psychological processes
Marzano, Lisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9735-3512, Fazel, Seena, Rivlin, Adrienne and Hawton, Keith
(2011)
Near-lethal self-harm in women prisoners: contributing factors and psychological processes.
Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 22
(6)
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pp. 863-884.
ISSN 1478-9949
[Article]
(doi:10.1080/14789949.2011.617465)
Abstract
We investigated the circumstances and psychological processes involved in the near-lethal self-harm acts of 60 women prisoners, using qualitative and quantitative methods. Most incidents involved hanging or ligaturing and
high levels of suicidal ideation, and were attributable to individual and prison-related factors. Half of the incidents were described as impulsive, but mostly occurred against a background of longer-term suicidality and multiple repeated attempts. Hopelessness and images of
past trauma were common in the lead-up to the acts. These findings have implications for prevention of suicidal behaviour in female prisoners.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords (uncontrolled): | suicide, prison, near-lethal self-harm, women, qualitative methods, prevention |
Research Areas: | A. > School of Science and Technology > Psychology A. > School of Science and Technology > Psychology > Forensic Psychology Research Group |
Item ID: | 10081 |
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Depositing User: | Lisa Marzano |
Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2013 06:39 |
Last Modified: | 13 Oct 2016 14:26 |
URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/10081 |
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