Near-lethal self-harm in women prisoners: contributing factors and psychological processes

References

• Beck , A. T. , Schuyler , D. and Herman , I. 1974 . “ Development of suicidal intent scales ” . In The prediction of suicide , Edited by: Beck , A. T. , Resnik , H. L.P. and Lettieri , D. J. 45 – 56 . Bowie, MD : Charles Press .
   Google Scholar
• Bisson , J. I. , Ehlers , A. , Matthews , R. , Pilling , S. , Richards , D. and Turner , S. 2007 . Psychological treatments for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. Systematic review and meta-analysis . British Journal of Psychiatry , 190 : 97 – 104 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Borrill , J. , Burnett , R. , Atkins , R. , Miller , S. , Briggs , D. , Weaver , T. and Maden , A. 2003 . Patterns of self-harm and attempted suicide among white and black/mixed race female prisoners . Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health , 13 : 229 – 240 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Borrill , J. , Snow , L. , Medlicott , D. , Teers , R. and Paton , J. 2005 . Learning from near misses: Interviews with women who survived an incident of severe self-harm . Howard League Journal , 44 : 57 – 69 .
   Google Scholar
• Buchanan , D. M. 1991 . Suicide: A conceptual model for an avoidable death . Archives of Psychiatric Nursing , 6 : 341 – 349 .
   Google Scholar
• Charles , D. R. , Abram , K. M. , McClelland , G. M. and Teplin , L. 2003 . Suicidal ideation and behavior among women in jail . Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice , 19 : 65 – 81 .
   Google Scholar
• Chesley , A. and Loring-McNulty , N. E. 2003 . Process of suicide: Perspectives of the suicide attempter . Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association , 9 : 41 – 45 .
   Google Scholar
• Crighton , D. 2002 . “ Suicide in prisons: A critique of UK research ” . In Suicide in prisons , Edited by: Towl , G. , Snow , L. and McHugh , M. 26 – 47 . Oxford : BPS Blackwell .
   Google Scholar
• Cuijpers , P. , van Straten , A. , Warmerdam , L. and Andersson , G. 2008 . Psychological treatment of depression: A meta-analytic database of randomized studies . BMC Psychiatry , 16 : 36 – 42 .
   Google Scholar
• Dear , G. E. , Thomson , D. M. and Hills , A. M. 2000 . Self-harm in prison: Manipulators can also be suicide attempters . Criminal Justice and Behavior , 27 : 160 – 175 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Douglas , J. , Cooper , J. , Amos , T. , Webb , R. , Guthrie , E. and Appleby , L. 2004 . ‘Near-fatal’ deliberate self-harm: Characteristics, prevention and implications for the prevention of suicide . Journal of Affective Disorders , 79 : 263 – 268 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fazel , S. and Benning , R. 2009 . Suicides in female prisoners in England and Wales, 1978–2004 . British Journal of Psychiatry , 194 : 183 – 184 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fazel , S. , Cartwright , J. , Norman-Nott , A. and Hawton , K. 2008 . Suicide in prisoners: A systematic review of risk factors . Journal of Clinical Psychiatry , 69 : 1721 – 1731 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fazel , S. , Grann , M. , Kling , B. and Hawton , K. 2010 . Prison suicide in 12 countries: An ecological study of 861 suicides during 2003–2007 . Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 46 : 191 – 195 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fortune , S. , Stewart , A. , Yadav , V. and Hawton , K. 2007 . Suicide in adolescents: Using life charts to understand the suicidal process . Journal of Affective Disorders , 100 : 199 – 210 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gunnell , D. , Bennewith , O. , Hawton , K. , Simkin , S. and Kapur , N. 2005 . The epidemiology and prevention of suicide by hanging: A systematic review . International Journal of Epidemiology , 34 : 433 – 422 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hawton , K. , Appleby , L. , Platt , S. , Foster , T. , Cooper , J. , Malmberg , A. and Simkin , S. 1998 . The psychological autopsy approach to studying suicide: A review of methodological issues . Journal of Affective Disorders , 50 : 269 – 276 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hawton , K. and Van Heeringen , K. 2009 . Suicide . The Lancet , 373 : 1372 – 1381 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Herrera , A. , Dahlblom , K. , Dahlgren , L. and Kullgren , G. 2006 . Pathways to suicidal behaviour among adolescent girls in Nicaragua . Social Science and Medicine , 62 : 805 – 814 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Holmes , E. A. , Crane , C. , Fennell , M. J.V. and Williams , J. M.G. 2007 . Imagery about suicide in depression – ‘Flashforwards’? . Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry , 38 : 423 – 434 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Joiner , J. T.E. , Pettit , J. W. , Walker , R. L. , Voelz , Z. R. , Cruz , J. , Rudd , M. D. and Lester , D. 2002 . Perceived burdensomeness and suicidality: Two studies on the suicide notes of those attempting and those completing suicide . Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology , 21 : 531 – 545 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Joiner , T. E. 2002 . The trajectory of suicidal behaviour over time . Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior , 32 : 33 – 41 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Libby , L. K. , Shaeffer , E. M. , Eibach , R. P. and Slemmer , J. A. 2007 . Picture yourself at the polls: Visual perspective in mental imagery affects self-perception and behavior . Psychological Science , 18 : 199 – 203 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Liebling , A. 1992 . Suicides in prison , London : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Liebling , A. and Krarup , H. 1993 . Suicide attempts and self-injury in male prisons , London : Home Office Research Planning Unit .
   Google Scholar
• Lohner , J. and Konrad , N. 2006 . Deliberate self-harm and suicide attempt in custody: Distinguishing features in male inmates’ self-injurious behavior . International Journal of Law and Psychiatry , 29 : 370 – 385 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mackenzie , N. , Oram , C. and Borrill , J. 2003 . Self-inflicted deaths of women in custody . British Journal of Forensic Practice , 5 : 27 – 35 .
   Google Scholar
• Mann , J.J. , Waternaux , C. , Haas , G.L. and Malone , K.M. 1999 . Toward a clinical model of suicidal behavior in psychiatric patients . American Journal of Psychiatry , 156 : 181 – 189 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marzano , L. , Fazel , S. , Rivlin , A. and Hawton , K. 2010 . Psychiatric disorders in women prisoners who have engaged in near-lethal self-harm: A case–control study . British Journal of Psychiatry , 197 : 219 – 226 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marzano , L. , Hawton , K. , Rivlin , A. and Fazel , S. 2011 . Psychosocial influences on prisoner suicide: A case-control study of near-lethal self-harm in women prisoners . Social Science & Medicine , 72 : 874 – 883 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marzano , L. , Rivlin , A. , Fazel , S. and Hawton , K. 2009 . Interviewing survivors of near-lethal self-harm: A novel approach for investigating suicide amongst prisoners . Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine , 16 : 152 – 155 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McHugh , M. and Towl , G. 1997 . Organizational reactions and reflections on suicide and self-injury . Issues in Criminological and Legal Psychology , 28 : 5 – 11 .
   Google Scholar
• Meltzer , H. , Jenkins , R. , Singleton , S. , Charlton , J. and Yar , M. 1999 . Non-fatal suicidal behaviour among prisoners , London : Office for National Statistics .
   Google Scholar
• Offender Management, Sentencing Analytical Services (OMSAS) . 2011 . Offender management safer custody statistics, February/March 2010 , London : Ministry of Justice OMSAS .
   Google Scholar
• Qualitative Solutions and Research (QSR International) . 2008 . NVivo qualitative analysis software, version 8 Melbourne, , Australia Retrieved from www.qsrinternational.com
   Google Scholar
• Rosen , D. H. 1976 . The serious suicide attempt: Five year follow-up study of 886 patients . Journal of the American Medical Association , 235 : 2105 – 2109 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Runeson , B. S. , Beskow , J. and Waern , M. 1996 . The suicidal process in suicides among young people . Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica , 93 : 35 – 42 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Snow , L. 2002 . Prisoners' motives for self-injury and attempted suicide . British Journal of Forensic Practice , 4 : 18 – 29 .
   Google Scholar
• Walmsley , R. 2009 . World prison population list , (7th ed.) , London : International Centre for Prison Studies .
   Google Scholar