Suicide risk among prisoners in French Guiana: prevalence and predictive factors
Ayhan, Gulen, et al. “Suicide Risk among Prisoners in French Guiana: Prevalence and Predictive Factors.” BMC Psychiatry, vol. 17, no. 1, 2017, doi:10.1186/s12888-017-1320-4.
The article goes to support the claim that suicide rates are high in prisons and that their cause of risk is not fully “understood” by the public (1). This cross sectional study was conducted with prisoners as the objects being tested with the methods of MINI (“Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview”) alongside “social demographics” data, and “multivariate logistic regression” to predict suicide risk (1-3). According to the research and data collected, the study goes to conclude that those incarcerated with a high risk for suicide had mental problems resulting from long time abuse (sexual, mental, etc.) drugs, as well as even noting those who smoked. The study also ruled out a confound, being that differences in nationalities were not an effect on the results of suicide. Therefore nationality did not show importance when judging suicide vulnerability between prisoners being studied. It is concluded that “longitudinal follow up” should be furthered, such as the time for “the first incarceration shock,” and the “adaption” of the prisoners to their life behind bars (9). Thus being said, this cross sectional study did confirm the importance for “treating psychiatric disorders,” being they were the highest factor for suicide rates (1).
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