Prevention of Suicides in Penal Institutions in The Netherlands

Blaauw, Eric; R, Carriere; Schilder, Frans; Lande, Stef van de

doi:10.1027/0227-5910.18.4.170

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Suicide in prisons and remand centres

Kerkhof¹,

Blaauw²

2009

Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention

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Early identification of prisoners with suicide risk, and the prevention of suicide, are of great importance given the high suicide rates in correctional facilities. General suicide screening instruments are not very useful in prisons and remand centres. A new screening instrument has been developed and tested consisting of eight questions. The cut-off score, retrospectively, allowed the identification of 82 per cent of all Dutch prisoner suicides. By screening new inmates, this set of questions classified 18 per cent of all prisoners in a high-risk group. All of these inmates require immediate and further assessment by a medical or mental health care officer. However, even without screening, these prisoners will visit medical or mental health services sometime later during their incarceration, because of their level of psychopathology. Regular follow-up interviews are necessary to assess the suicide risk. Suicidal prisoners, most of whom have severe psychiatric disorders, should receive standard treatment in the same way as ordinary people would receive treatment beyond prison walls.

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Suicide in prisons and remand centres

Kerkhof¹,

Blaauw²

2009

Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention

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Characteristics and Effects of Suicide Prevention Programs: Comparison between Workplace and Other Settings

Takada

Shima

2010

INDUSTRIAL HEALTH

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The present study reviews the literature on suicide prevention programs conducted in the workplace and other settings, namely school, the community, medical facilities, jail, and the army, by conducting an electronic literature search of all articles published between 1967 and November 2007. From a total of 256 articles identified, various contents of suicide prevention programs were determined, and in 34 studies, the effect of programs was evaluated. A review of the literature reveals that the common contents of suicide prevention programs in the workplace and other settings are education and training of individuals, development of a support network, cooperation from internal and external resources, as well as education and training of managers and staff. Although the characteristic contents of suicide prevention programs at the workplace aimed at improving personnel management and health care, screening and care for high-risk individuals, as well as improvement of building structures, were not described. Although a reduction in undesirable attitudes and an increase in mental health knowledge and coping skills in the workplace are in agreement with findings in other settings, suicide rate, suicide-associated behavior, and depression, which were assessed in other settings, were not evaluated in the three studies targeting the workplace. Key words: Suicide prevention program, Effect, WorkplaceIndustrial Health 2010, 48, 416-426 Review ArticleCHARACTERISTICS AND EFFECTS OF SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS 417 grams currently proposed in the workplace and other settings, such as school, the community, medical facilities, jail, and the army, provides information on the content and context of suicide prevention programs, and details recommendations for future prevention programs. ObjectivesThe present study compares the characteristics and effect of suicide prevention programs between the workplace and other settings.

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Prevention of Suicides in Penal Institutions in The Netherlands

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Suicide in prisons and remand centres

Suicide in prisons and remand centres

Characteristics and Effects of Suicide Prevention Programs: Comparison between Workplace and Other Settings

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