Hayes Lindsay M
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, Mansfield, MA 02048, USA.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2009 Aug;39(4):353-63. doi: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.4.353.
Findings from the first national survey on juvenile suicide in confinement are provided, and include the extent and distribution of juvenile suicides, as well as descriptive data on demographic characteristics of each victim, incident, and juvenile facility which sustained the suicide. Among the significant findings were that suicides were evenly distributed, i.e., the same number of deaths occurred within the first few days of confinement as occurred over many months of confinement; most deaths occurred during traditional waking hours; a strong association between room confinement and suicide was found, and no relationship between intoxication and suicide was found. Suicide prevention resources were found to be particularly lacking in juvenile detention centers that experienced suicides.
本文提供了首次全国性关于监禁中青少年自杀情况的调查结果，包括青少年自杀的范围和分布，以及关于每名自杀受害者、自杀事件和发生自杀事件的青少年拘留所的人口统计学特征的描述性数据。其中一些重要发现包括：自杀事件分布均匀，即在监禁的头几天发生的死亡人数与在监禁的许多个月中发生的死亡人数相同；大多数死亡发生在传统的清醒时间；发现单独监禁与自杀之间存在密切关联，而未发现中毒与自杀之间存在关联。研究发现，在发生自杀事件的青少年拘留中心，预防自杀的资源尤其匮乏。
