Depression, hopelessness and suicide ideation among vulnerable prisoners

Palmer, Emma J.; Connelly, Rachael

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“…In another study, including 2,067 psychiatric outpatients, the mean total BHS score was 9.06 (SD = 5.61; Bieling, Beck, & Brown, 2000). Palmer and Connelly (2005) assessed BHS scores for prisoners with (n = 24) and without (n = 24) a history of self-harming behavior. They found that the mean BHS score for prisoners with a history of self-harming behavior was 10.13 (SD = 4.81); for offenders without a history of self-harming behavior the BHS mean score was found to be significantly lower at 6.29 (SD = 4.49).…”

Section: Beck Hopelessness Scale (Bhs)mentioning

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One Year Longitudinal Study of the Psychological Effects of Administrative Segregation

O'Keefe¹,

Klebe²,

Stucker³

et al. 2011

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The researchers would also like to acknowledge the support of Mr. Aristedes Zavaras and the staff at the Department of Corrections. This project would never have been possible without the commitment and contributions of management, mental health, case management, offender services, and security staff.This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.ii ABSTRACT One of the most widely debated topics in the field of corrections -the use of long-term administrative segregation (AS) -has suffered from a lack of empirical research. Critics have argued that the conditions of AS confinement exacerbate symptoms of mental illness and create mental illness where none previously existed. Empirical research has had little to offer this debate; the scant empirical research conducted to date suffers from research bias and serious methodological flaws. This study seeks to advance the literature in this regard.This study tested three hypotheses: (1) offenders in AS would develop an array of psychological symptoms consistent with the security housing unit (SHU) syndrome, (2) offenders with and without mental illness would deteriorate over time in AS, but at a rate more rapid and extreme for the mentally ill, and (3) inmates in AS would experience greater psychological deterioration over time than the comparison groups.Study participants included male inmates who were placed in AS and comparison inmates in the general population (GP). Placement into AS or GP conditions occurred as a function of routine prison operations. GP comparison participants included those at risk of AS placement due to their institutional behavior. Inmates in both of these study conditions (AS, GP) were divided into two groups -inmates with mental illness (MI) and with no mental illness (NMI). A third comparison group of inmates with severe mental health problems placed in San Carlos Correctional Facility, a psychiatric care prison facility, was also included. A total of 302 inmates were approached to participate in the study, and 55 refused to participate or later withdrew their consent. Participants were tested at 3-month intervals over a yearlong period.Standardized test data were collected through self-report, correctional staff and clinical staff measures. Tests with demonstrated reliability and validity were selected to assess the eight primary constructs of interest: (1) anxiety, (2) cognitive impairment, (3) depression-hopelessness, (4) hostility-anger control, (5) hypersensitivity, (6) psychosis, (7) somatization, and (8) withdrawal-alienation. Extensive analyses of psychometric properties revealed that inmates self-reported psychological and cognitive symptoms in remarkably reliable and valid ways.The results of this study were largely inconsistent with our hypotheses and the bulk of literature that indi...

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Section: Beck Hopelessness Scale (Bhs)mentioning

confidence: 99%

One Year Longitudinal Study of the Psychological Effects of Administrative Segregation

O'Keefe¹,

Klebe²,

Stucker³

et al. 2011

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“…Where there have been studies with adolescent populations, again these have typically been with North American samples. The BDI-II (and its predecessor the Beck Depression Inventory) has been used to assess depression in offender samples (Boothby and Durham, 1999;Domalanta et al, 2003;Eidhin et al, 2002;Ivanoff et al, 1992;Palmer and Connelly, 2005). Boothby and Durham (1999) conducted a factor analysis of the BDI with incarcerated prisoner in North America, reporting four factors: cognitive symptoms, vegetative symptoms, emotional symptoms, and feelings of punishment.…”

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Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory‐II with incarcerated male offenders aged 18–21 years

Palmer

Binks

2008

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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The BDI-II showed good internal consistency and concurrent validity. Factor analysis revealed two factors, relating to cognitive-affective items and somatic items. The items loading on the two factors were very similar to those found in a North American adolescent (13-17 years) psychiatric inpatient sample. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH: The findings suggest that the BDI-II can be used with confidence in young adult male offenders. It would be useful to confirm its psychometric properties in other offender samples and establish offender population norms.

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“…Como tal, tendo em atenção que a associação entre comportamentos suicidários e perturbação psiquiátrica está particularmente documentada (Angst et al, 1999;Åsberg et al, 1995;Goss et al, 2002;He et al, 2001;Malone et al, 1995;Moreira, 2008;Palmer & Connelly, 2005) e que a ideação suicida parece ser o primeiro marcador de risco suicida (Raynolds, 1991a), este estudo tem como objectivo explorar a incidência de ideação suicida e de perturbação emocional em presos preventivos em dois momentos distintos da execução da pena, durante a primeira semana de reclusão e após seis meses de cumprimento da pena. Além disso, utilizando o ponto de corte do QIS (Raynolds, 1988), que nos permite verificar se determinado indivíduo apresenta ideação suicida, dividiu-se a amostra em dois grupos, grupo com ideação suicida (CIS) e grupo sem ideação suicida (SIS), procurando-se desta forma verificar se existem diferenças significativas ou relação de dependência entre perturbação emocional e tipo de sintomatologia psicopatológica associada (i.e., somatização, depressão, hostilidade, ansiedade, ansiedade fóbica, psicoticismo, ideação paranóide, obsessão-compulsão e sensibilidade interpessoal) mediante o grau de ideação suicida reportada em ambos os grupos.…”

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Perturbação mental e ideação suicida entre reclusos preventivos

Moreira¹,

Gonçalves

2013

Análise Psicológica

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A presente investigação tem dois objectivos: (1) Analisar a incidência de ideação suicida e de perturbação emocional numa amostra de 66 presos preventivos de um estabelecimento prisional central em dois momentos, durante a primeira semana de reclusão e após seis meses de cumprimento da pena, e nesse mesmo período de tempo; (2) explorar o grau de perturbação emocional e sintomatologia psicopatológica em dois grupos de reclusos, reclusos com ideação suicida (Grupo CIS) e reclusos sem ideação suicida (Grupo SIS). A ideação suicida foi avaliada através do Questionário de Ideação Suicida enquanto o Inventário de Sintomas Psicopatológicos permitiu avaliar a perturbação emocional e sintomatologia psicopatológica associada. Os resultados deste estudo permitem verificar que a incidência de ideação suicida se mantém estável ao longo dos primeiros seis meses de reclusão, enquanto a incidência de perturbação emocional diminui significativamente nesse mesmo período de tempo. A divisão da amostra em dois grupos, permitiu verificar que o Grupo CIS apresenta níveis de perturbação emocional significativamente superiores ao observado no Grupo SIS, particularmente sintomatologia psicopatológica depressiva, ansiosa, psicótica e hostil e, enquanto o Grupo CIS praticamente mantêm os mesmos níveis de perturbação emocional ao longo dos primeiros seis meses de reclusão, o Grupo SIS demonstra uma enorme diminuição nos níveis de perturbação emocional. Concluindo, a ideação suicida encontra-se fortemente associada à perturbação mental, nomeadamente à sintomatologia depressiva, ansiosa, psicótica e hostil. Nos reclusos com ideação suicida a perturbação mental apresenta um carácter disposicional, mantendo-se praticamente constante ao longo da execução da pena, enquanto nos reclusos sem ideação suicida apresenta carácter reactivo, diminuindo após seis meses de reclusão.

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Depression, hopelessness and suicide ideation among vulnerable prisoners

Abstract: Prisoners with a previous history of self-harm are more likely than those without to show a range of depressive symptoms than their imprisoned peers without such a history, suggesting a continued vulnerability to self-harm and perhaps suicide.

Cited by 84 publications

References 18 publications

One Year Longitudinal Study of the Psychological Effects of Administrative Segregation

One Year Longitudinal Study of the Psychological Effects of Administrative Segregation

Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory‐II with incarcerated male offenders aged 18–21 years

Perturbação mental e ideação suicida entre reclusos preventivos

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