Studying survivors of near-lethal suicide attempts as a proxy for completed suicide in prisons.

Suicides in prisons are common. There is a pressing need to understand more about the causes and prevention of prisoner suicides. A particularly informative approach is through studying survivors of near-lethal suicide attempts. However, the extent to which this approach is a good proxy for complete...

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Main Authors: Rivlin, A, Fazel, S, Marzano, L, Hawton, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012