Richie Fallon J, Bonner Joseph, Wittenborn Andrea, Weinstock Lauren M, Zlotnick Caron, Johnson Jennifer E
Arch Suicide Res. 2021 Jan-Mar;25(1):107-114. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2019.1649773. Epub 2019 Sep 13.
This study explored the impact of social support on suicidal ideation in 169 prisoners with major depressive disorder, accounting for known demographic, criminological, and clinical risk factors. Greater social support was associated with a lower likelihood of the presence of current suicide ideation. This effect remained significant even after adjusting for other significant predictors of suicide ideation including sex, length of sentence served, severity of current depression, and having prior suicide attempts. This study is the first to explore social support and other known risk factors for suicide ideation in a prison population with major depressive disorder. Our findings demonstrate that, even in the presence of significant risk factors for suicidal ideation, social support remained a strong predictor, suggesting the importance of fostering social support in correctional settings.
本研究探讨了社会支持对169名患有重度抑郁症的囚犯自杀意念的影响，并考虑了已知的人口统计学、犯罪学和临床风险因素。更多的社会支持与当前存在自杀意念的可能性较低相关。即使在调整了自杀意念的其他重要预测因素后，这种效应仍然显著，这些因素包括性别、服刑时间、当前抑郁症的严重程度以及既往自杀未遂史。本研究首次探讨了患有重度抑郁症的监狱人群中社会支持及其他已知的自杀意念风险因素。我们的研究结果表明，即使存在自杀意念的重大风险因素，社会支持仍然是一个强有力的预测因素，这表明在惩教环境中促进社会支持的重要性。
