Preventing suicidal and self-Injurious behavior in correctional facilities: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Stijelja, Stefan; Mishara, Brian L.

doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101560

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“…These include measures aiming to promote purposeful activity and meaningful social support, as well as those to reduce victimisation in prison (Favril, 2021;Marzano et al, 2016). In view of the wide range of factors associated with risk of suicide in prisons, a multilevel approach that addresses both clinical vulnerabilities and prison-specific stressors is likely to have the largest potential to prevent suicidal behaviour (Barker et al, 2014;Stijelja & Mishara, 2022). Prevention efforts should be integrated and joined-up, as no singular approach will likely be able to impact on a complex behaviour as (attempted) suicide.…”

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Prevalence and risk factors for suicide attempts in prison

Favril

Shaw

Fazel

2022

Clinical Psychology Review

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Prevalence and risk factors for suicide attempts in prison

Favril

Shaw

Fazel

2022

Clinical Psychology Review

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“…Policy standards are largely post hoc constructions derived from the cumulative experience of experts, commonly noted causes of litigation in cases of correctional suicide, and lessons learned from judicial intervention. Some evidence that correctional SPPs can be effective exists, especially when they contain multiple components (Stijelja & Mishara, 2022), and this roughly mirrors community findings (Hofstra et al, 2020). However, which components or combination of components contribute to effectiveness is not known.…”

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“…The standards describe recommended components of the SPP, such as training staff in suicide prevention, screening for suicide risk, and responding to suicide attempts. Standards have been promulgated since the 1980s (Hayes, 1995), and meta-analytic evidence suggests that correctional SPPs are effective (Stijelja & Mishara, 2022). That said, the most recent policy surveys of correctional SPPs, now dated, showed that while the majority of facilities in the United States had suicide prevention policies, exceedingly few contained all recommended components (Hayes, 2012, 1995).…”

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Monitoring a correctional suicide prevention program: The roles of implementation and intermediate outcomes.

Obegi¹

2024

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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A significant policy step toward preventing suicide in jails and prisons was the development of standards for local suicide prevention programs (SPPs). The next frontier is the creation of a specialized quality assurance system so that facilities, as well as stakeholders, can be confident that the SPPs are being implemented as designed. Such a system requires continuous monitoring of implementation outcomes, which indicate how well each component of the SPP is performing, and intermediate outcomes, which indicate progress toward the long-term goal of reducing suicide and permit real-time surveillance of emerging suicide risks. Implementation and intermediate outcomes support data-driven quality improvement and allow facilities to identify and respond to new hazards. To help facilities step into this new frontier, I discuss how three types of implementation outcomes—penetration, sustainability, and quality of delivery—can be applied to a correctional SPP, advise how to translate policy components of a correctional SPP into metrics for implementation outcomes, and suggest measures of intermediate outcomes that may signal emerging suicide risk. Finally, I describe how implementation and intermediate outcomes are complementary and offer some practical considerations when creating and monitoring these outcomes.

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“…No obstante, se han diseñado escasas investigaciones que analicen la conducta suicida con perspectiva de género, y la mayoría de estudios acerca de la prevención del riesgo suicida en prisión no han tenido en cuenta aspectos diferenciales atendiendo al sexo 20 .…”

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Suicidal ideation among prisoners: analysis with a gender perspective in a five-year follow-up (2017-2022)

Rodríguez-Lirón,

Muro-Celma,

Hernández-Sánchez

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Rev Esp Sanid Penit

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Introduction: There is a high incidence of self-harming behavior in the prison setting, with a suicide rate that is higher than that of the general population. Previous studies describe the association of sociodemographic, clinical, and criminological factors with the risk of suicide in the male prison population, but there is little research that specifically analyses suicidal behavior among women. The objective of this study is to analyze the characteristics of inmates who are admitted to a psychiatric unit for suicidal thoughts or attempted suicide. Material and method: Descriptive and comparative analysis of 97 inmates (68 men, 29 women) admitted to the Unidad de Hospitalización Psiquiátrica Penitenciaria de Cataluña (UHPP-C), for suicidal ideation, between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2022. Results: There are differences in terms of place of birth, with a more significant presence of African nationalities in non-national males, while foreign inmates tend to come from Latin American countries. Men have a lower mean age, longer admissions, and a higher readmission rate. They also suffer from more psychotic and addictive disorders. Women have a higher prevalence of personality disorders and affective symptoms. Conclusions: There are sociodemographic and clinical differences between male and female prison inmates who require admission for suicidal ideation. Including a gender perspective in studies on suicide risk in the prison population can provide a solid foundation for future studies, thus allowing a more complete understanding of suicidal ideation and intervention needs in the prison population.

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Preventing suicidal and self-Injurious behavior in correctional facilities: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Cited by 11 publications

References 65 publications

Prevalence and risk factors for suicide attempts in prison

Prevalence and risk factors for suicide attempts in prison

Monitoring a correctional suicide prevention program: The roles of implementation and intermediate outcomes.

Suicidal ideation among prisoners: analysis with a gender perspective in a five-year follow-up (2017-2022)

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