Better support for released offenders may reduce suicide risk [MedicalNewsToday.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/10/1512:00 PM

There has often been much focus on the need to reduce the risk of suicide in prisons. However, research into suicides by former inmates is "underinvestigated," according to a new study published in Sociology of Health and Illness.

Researchers from the University of Plymouth Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry in the UK - supported by the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South West Peninsula - investigated the issue.

Released prisoners are often cited as a high-risk group in relation to suicide. A study published in 2007 on released US inmates found the risk of suicide was particularly high during the first 2 weeks.

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