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  • Title: Depression, hopelessness and suicide ideation among vulnerable prisoners.
    Author: Palmer EJ, Connelly R.
    Journal: Crim Behav Ment Health; 2005; 15(3):164-70. PubMed ID: 16575794.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Self-harm among prisoners is high, and suicide rates increasing. Assessment of depressive characteristics is easy. To what extent are these linked with previous self-harm? AIMS: To compare depressive characteristics of prisoners who report previous self-harm with those who do not. METHODS: Twenty-four new arrivals at an adult male category B local prison who reported previous episodes of suicidal behaviour (including self-harm and/or explicit attempted suicide) were assessed using the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory-II, and the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation. A further 24 new arrivals were matched as closely as possible with them on sociodemographic and offending characteristics. RESULTS: Mean scores on the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory-II, and the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation were significantly higher among the prisoners with a history of self-harm. DISCUSSION: Prisoners with a previous history of self-harm are more likely than those without to show a range of depressive symptoms than their imprisoned peers without such a history, suggesting a continued vulnerability to self-harm and perhaps suicide.
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