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by Professor Seena Fazel and Dr Lisa Marzano
Last updated: November 2019
In this module, we present and summarise evidence on the epidemiology, assessment and management of suicides in custody.
In the countries it has been investigated, suicide rates in prisoners are substantially higher than the general population. With the numbers of prisoners increasing in over 70% of countries worldwide, suicide in prisoners remains an important challenge to clinicians, mental health services, public health and policy.
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