Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention Advance Access originally published online on November 28, 2006
Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 2007 7(1):40-54; doi:10.1093/brief-treatment/mhl016
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Inmate Suicide: Prevalence, Assessment, and Protocols
From the School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin
Contact author: Stephen J. Tripodi, Doctoral Candidate and Instructor, University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work, 1 University Station D3500, Austin, TX 78712. E-mail: stripodi{at}mail.utexas.edu.
This article describes the prevalence of suicide for incarcerated adults in detention centers, jails, and prisons; factors associated with suicide risk; methods for assessing suicide risk in this vulnerable population; and current protocols for suicide prevention programs in jails and prisons.
KEY WORDS: prison suicide, jail suicide, suicide risk factors, suicide prevention, mentally ill offenders