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We investigated the circumstances and psychological processes involved in the near-lethal self-harm acts of 60 women prisoners, using qualitative and quantitative methods. Most incidents involved hanging or ligaturing and high levels of suicidal ideation, and were attributable to individual and prison-related factors. Half of the incidents were described as impulsive, but mostly occurred against a background of longer-term suicidality and multiple repeated attempts. Hopelessness and images of...
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- 10.1080/14789949.2011.617465
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- Journal:
- JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY and PSYCHOLOGY
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 863-884
- Publication date:
- 2011
- DOI:
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1478-9957
- ISSN:
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1478-9949
- URN:
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uuid:a75b3ee1-b993-4b9d-b069-9b21d3cc9bd7
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314268
- Local pid:
- pubs:314268
- Language:
- English
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- Copyright date:
- 2011
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Near-lethal self-harm in women prisoners: contributing factors and psychological processes
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