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Bourgoin, Nicolas. "Le Suicide en prison." Paris, EHESS, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993EHES0001.
Full textThe purpose of our research was to understand suicide by means of the theory of rational choices. The best known theories, medical as well as sociological, are first discused. Our explanatory model and the scope of our study where then examined : the prison, by the deprivation which it inflicts upon the actor, is an ideal framework to study the behavior of people who commit suicide. The analysis of the letters left by the prisoners enables us to validate our model. It is completed by an epidemiological study of suicide in jail. The analysis shows that deprivation leads the actor to choose suicide : a deprivation of autonomy or affective resources whichs follows jailing, usually gives rise to the writing of a letter whereas social and material deprivation does not. The empirical field of study is extended to the period which precedes jailing by means of documents about the psychiatric condition of the person who committed suicide and about the general public (randomly selected). These observations lead to the same conclusions. Suicide may be considered as a choice by which the actor maximises his satisfaction : it appears as a rational choice. However this rationality is limited by the constraints that influence his decision
Diani, Florian. "L'influence du principe de dignité humaine sur l'évolution du droit public de la vie en détention." Thesis, Lille 2, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LIL20002/document.
Full textAs from the early 2000s, the European Court of Human Rights started to give unprecedentedlegal effect and meaning to the principle of human dignity applied to conditions of detention, drawing, when doing so, in particular on Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibiting torture and inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment. This major development, which has enabled the Court to have its case law implemented to a significant extent in prisons, has forced French administrative courts to fully review their case law concerning internal measures and, in substance, to impose human dignity as a framework principle in the light of which all fundamental rights of detainees must henceforth be considered. This major development has also influenced the lawmaker when voting on laws concerning the deprivation of liberty, such as the Prisons Act of 2009.Under this European influence, but also as part of an internal movement concerning the general promotion of citizens rights, the referral, to courts of public law, of matters pertaining to prison life, has, since its inception, led to a reinforcement of the rights granted to detainees (framework for sanctions and preventive security measures - solitary confinement and body searches in particular - the right to life, the right to respect for privacy and family life, freedom of conscience and of religion, etc.) and facilitated compensation for damages caused to detainees by a penitentiary authorities.However, many obstacles remain to establishing constitutionality for detainees. Indeed, thepersistence of inhuman conditions of detention, and the limits applied on exercising detainees’ rights, and to ensuring that these rights are protected by a court of law or are implemented by Administration, raise the question of their effectiveness and of their compliance with European standards as set down by the Strasbourg Court
Rice, Janice. "Assessing Suicide Risk Scores as a Predictor of Suicidal Behaviors in a Correctional Psychiatric Facility." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1438219998.
Full textLukasiewicz, Michael. "Addictions et doubles diagnostics dans les prisons françaises." Paris 6, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009PA066194.
Full textCrighton, David A. "Suicide in prisons in England and Wales 1988-1998 : an empirical study." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324411.
Full textSlade, Karen Elizabeth. "The interplay between risk and protective factors in the prediction of self-harm or suicidal behaviour within a prison environment." Thesis, University of Roehampton, 2011. https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/the-interplay-between-risk-and-protective-factors-in-the-prediction-of-self-harm-or-suicidal-behaviour-within-a-prison-environment(8d06a18a-61cb-4b32-8c07-6a31fc7b6269).html.
Full textTesu, Diana Doïna. "Pour une prévention du suicide en prison : approche de la psychopathologie du suicide en milieu privatif de liberté : étude psychologique, clinique et thérapeutique." Paris 7, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA070014.
Full textThis present research incite to study the very important problem of suicide and autolysis of death and death that human being give to himself in prison. We will speak about suicide like number one problem in the champ of public health in scientifical terms and in terms of humanisme. This wonderful gift represented by human life could disappear in risk occurencies like the presence of depression or edm. We looking about all this champ and focusing on differents approaches like psychopathologic phenomenologic clinical epydemiological about deontology psychological and global approaches. The original contribution of our research working is to focuse and to prouve the possibility of suicide prevention in the real life and in prison particularly
Nakamura, Ayako. "The culture of prison management : measurement of risk control culture in the English and Japanese prison services using the grid and group cultural theory." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3356.
Full textMuller-Balazsfi, Zsofia. "Suicidal Behavior in Inmates through the Pathway of Psychopathy and Depression." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3709.
Full textSheehy, Kate. "Understanding suicidality in prisoners." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/understanding-suicidality-in-prisoners(043d887a-11c8-444a-97f4-ef4dedf6dbe0).html.
Full textSnow, Louisa Claire. "Attempted suicide and self injury in prisons : an exploration of risk factors and motivations." Thesis, University of Kent, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250296.
Full textChamayou, Jérôme. "La tension psychique, précurseur des conduites violentes en détention : étude théorico-praxéologique des dynamiques agressives et suicidaires auprès des détenus." Thesis, Grenoble, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013GRENH026.
Full textViolence is common and frequent in most prisons. According to the general strain theory (Agnew, 1992, 2002), aggression (Blevins et al., 2010) or suicidality (Zhang et al., 2008) are caused by strains experienced by inmates. Our study intends to rely on Agnew's general strain theory in order to create and test a standardized scale applied to inmates, since no psychometric instrument evaluating Agnew's model exists. Principal component analyses and confirmatory analyses applied to our psychometric data show satisfying results, with significant internal consistency indices. Our scale is thus a first attempt to measure strain for inmates. In a second step, this research aims at understanding the effect of strains on inmates' violent behaviors. Our results show that aggressive and suicidal behaviors can significantly be predicted by the strain measure. The strains due to daily-life in jail have a direct effect (indirect for Agnew) on inmates' externalizing violent outcomes. Then, we test the mediating effects of coping skills and emotion regulation strategies. The model depicted by our analyses is not fully consistent with the general strain theory. Analyses considering strain as an independant variable and coping skills and emotion regulation strategies as mediating variables are not significant. This implies that strain measure could be seen as a proximal variable. This conclusion does not totally support Agnew's model, which considers strain as a distal variable. In a next step, we test the moderating effects of personal and judicial variables. Our analyzes invalidate the supposed moderating effect of such factors, even if depression and stress are significant moderating variables. Finally, our moderated mediating analyses are not significant, whether on aggressive or suicidal behaviors. As a conclusion, according to our results, strain would be a proximal variable to predict violence in prison, whereas emotion regulation or coping strategies would be more distal. As the moderating variables are not significant, we suggest to consider them as indirect forms of strains. The general strain theory, especially applied to inmates, is a promising but recent model which has not been empirically tested. Therefore, through this research, we tried to measure strain, in order to test this model and identify its limits
Douglas, Nicolas J. "'Banged up, bandaged up' : a qualitative study of non-suicidal self injury amongst young women in prison." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.558552.
Full textNaud, Hélène. "Prédire le comportement suicidaire des détenus avec le Suicide Probability Scale et des variables actuarielles." [S.l. : s.n.], 2008.
Find full textHatteschweiler, Coralie. "Les processus décisionnels du suicide : mesurer l'ambivalence suicidaire avec l'échelle EAS." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014AIXM3109.
Full textThe main objective of this thesis is to propose a specific reading of suicidal ideas involved in the decision to commit suicide by using a psychometric instrument, namely the Scale of Suicidal Ambivalence (EAS). This scale intends to evaluate suicide-promoting thoughts versus thoughts inhibiting the suicide act, with their simultaneous presence constituting suicidal ambivalence. When the weight of thoughts favouring suicide outbalances that of suicide-inhibiting thoughts in the decision scale, one is expected to proceed to the act.Suicidal crisis inpatients were recruited (N = 120) for the purposes of the study. Some of the patients had very recently committed an attempt to suicide (<6 days), others less recently (<6 months) and others before a considerable amount of time (> 6 months).A first study tested the psychometric properties of our scale anticipating the assessment of suicidal ambivalence, allowing us to regard suicidal ambivalence as a valid construct and consider the future clinical use of this scale. Other results highlighted a strong adherence to suicide-motivating thoughts just before the suicide attempt. Permissive ideas promoting suicide [P+] manifest more strongly in the actual passing to the act. Regarding those who recently attempted suicide (<6 days), they tended to have a lower current motivation for living compared to the others; hence the importance of intervening early after suicide attempt.The findings of this study allow us to propose a cognitive-motivational support for individuals who committed suicide, that integrates the concept of suicidal ambivalence
Drongiti, Angeliki. "Les suicides d'appelés dans l'armée de terre grecque : étude d’un fait social au prisme des institutions totalitaires et de l’ordre sexué." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Paris 8, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PA080032.
Full textCompleting their nine-month military service is a legal obligation for young Greek men. Conscription is an essential step in Greek men’s social life: after being released from the army, they are socially validated as independent adult males, who are ready to find stable employment and to start a family. Nonetheless, a good number of conscripts take their own lives during military service. This PhD thesis examines the taboo phenomenon of suicide, which is highly paradoxical. Indeed, how can an institution claiming to make ‘real men’ and prepare them for civilian life can at once trigger suicidal behaviour? Drawing from a plurality of methodologies, this study uses a mosaic of complementary data to analyse the phenomenon, including semi-structured interviews with conscripts (among whom conscripts having attempted suicide, officers and sub-officers who experienced a conscript’s suicide, parents whose sons took their own lives, military psychiatrists, militants and journalists), an analysis of available statistical data on suicide from a variety of sources, as well as newspaper articles and military archives, and finally, the author’s participant observation during her internship is one of Greece’s three military hospitals. Taking its inspiration from the Durkheimian concept of suicide as social fact, the analysis relies upon the theory of gender relations and Goffman’s framework of total institutions. This thesis therefore stands at the crossroads of a sociology of suicide, a sociology of the army and a sociology of gender to throw light both on the root causes of suicide in the army and on the institution’s approaches to tackling suicide
Jollant, Fabrice. "Neuroanatomie fonctionnelle des conduites suicidaires." Montpellier 1, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007MON1T037.
Full textRubin, Orit. "The Relationship Among Mental Health Professionals' Degree of Empathy, Counselor Self-Efficacy, and Negative Attitudes Towards Jail and Prison Inmates Who Display Non-Suicidal Self-Injury." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1595764970196523.
Full textPelletier, Caroline. "De la prévention à la postvention: Étude exploratoire sur les suicides survenus entre le 1er janvier 2000 et le 31 décembre 2006 dans les prisons provinciales du Québec." Thesis, Université Laval, 2013. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2013/29522/29522.pdf.
Full textPelletier, Caroline. "De la prévention à la postvention : étude exploratoire sur les suicides survenus entre le 1er janvier 2000 et le 31 décembre 2006 dans les prisons provinciales du Québec." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/23941.
Full textHarrison, Kirsty Anne. "Behind closed doors : towards developing a greater understanding of suicidality in restricted settings." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/behind-closed-doors-towards-developing-a-greater-understanding-of-suicidality-in-restricted-settings(f075e10e-7afd-4337-9cfc-39263d7aa8ca).html.
Full textChéreau, Béatrice. "Figures de la scène suicidaire en milieu carcéral: perte, affects et sexualité : Vers une approche psychanalytique du suicide en Maison d'Arrêt en France." Paris 5, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008PA05H004.
Full textOften covered by the media, suicide and suicide attempts in places of incarceration (with their "total institutions" A. Lefebvre, 1999) are much more frequent in prisons than in a free environment, especially in France. In fact in French jails, deaths by suicide are seven times more frequent and suicide attempts are four to five times more frequent (by 90 %). The means most used is hanging (90 %). The people most at risk are the defendants, the prisoners having previous incidents while in custody, as well as inmates with personality deficiency. Our work therefore proposes to study, amongst prisoners with violent behaviours and violent suicidal behaviours, with a Freudian and post-Freudian meta-psychological perspective, and investigate the components that constitute the core of these mainly borderline cases (cf. Official statistics), regarding the treatment of loss, affects of shame and/or guilt in prison for a range of 20 subjects (10 non suicidal, no attempts at suicide; 10 suicidal, attempts at suicide). In order to achieve this, we met those subjects, young adults and adults, within the frame of our clinical work and research on prevention of suicide (DDASS, 2001 ; alexithymia) in the heart of a prison in Paris suburbs. Projective tests (Rorschach and TAT) were of invaluable contribution, as they revealed that patients imprisoned, having violent behaviours and violent suicidal behaviours, show a prevalence of borderline state, along with a melancholic process (white melancholia in prison, "primal" loss Freud), a "sharp" narcissism and a narcissism with a "carapace", "a pure culture of death drive" (Freud). Moreover, we noticed a pathology of the affect (denial, negation; "hassle" affect), between unconscious "shame and guilt" (C. Chabert), with identification problems clearly sexed and a rejection of passive femininity (prison masculinity : "melancholic femininity" C. Chabert, "maniac masculinity" F. Neau), that leads us to postulate to the hypothesis of the selection of this "silent goddess of death in prison", through the creation of a suicidal scene in prison, in its passive and active polarities ("to kill oneself, to give up oneself to the prison body"), within a place governed by "legislative illusion", strategies of collective denial and a pathology of communication (C. Dejours), particularly in case of successful prison suicide
Alarie, Mylène. "Les comportements suicidaires chez les femmes incarcérées." Thèse, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 2001. http://depot-e.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/3040/1/000679337.pdf.
Full textEloir, Julien. "Trajectoires de vie et développement des comportements violents." Thesis, Lille 3, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LIL3H029.
Full textAs part of developmental psychopathology approaches, the aim of the thesis is tobroaden the knowledge of the mechanisms in the inmates’ violent externalised auto-agressive and hetero-agressive behaviour. Our concern is to find the mental, social and environmental impact of life events experienced in different life periods on these violent externalised troubles. From the reconstruction of life charts, the life course has been retraced and the developmental trajectories have been studied by focusing on the suicidal behaviour in prison and the transgressive sexual act. In a first study, life charts of inmates with a history of suicide attempt in prison, built with relatives and caregivers interviews, were compared to life charts of inmates without suicide attempts. The findings enabled to develop a predictive model of the suicidal behaviour proving the importance of mood disorders before the detention and behaviour disorders during the detention. In a second study, four sex offenders profiles created from life trajectories can be observed and distinguished according to the occurrence of events in four major domains of risk factors. The results of the two empiritical studies allow to discuss the theoretical and clinical perspectives as part of developmental psychopathology approaches in the understanding of violent externalised troubles and their care in prison
Talina, António Miguel Cotrim. "Saúde Mental em meio prisional : avaliação de necessidades de cuidados em reclusos com perturbação mental." Doctoral thesis, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/12209.
Full textWalleräng, Alexander. "Suicidprevention inom Kriminalvården : En kvalitativ studie av anställdas upplevelser av "Handboken för suicidprevention"." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för folkhälso- och idrottssvetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-32810.
Full textSammanfattning Syftet med studien vara att undersöka hur anställda vid Kriminalvården upplever Handboken för suicidprevention som används inom häkte, anstalt och frivård. Anställda inom samtliga verksamhetsgrenar deltog i 4 st. semi-strukturerade intervjuer som utgick ifrån en intervjuguide. Deltagarna fick möjlighet att reflektera fritt utifrån sina upplevelser av suicidpreventivt arbete. Det insamlade materialet analyserades utifrån en innehållsanalys där kategorier identifierades. Kategorierna delades upp inom två teman; Individen och Organisationen. Utifrån dessa analyserades resultatet och redovisas utifrån kategorier. Resultatet ger att handboken upplevs som ett bra stöd i verksamheten och som källa till rutiner överlag. Resultatet visar även att handboken har brister och kan upplevas som otydlig. Bristerna består främst i att den inte upplevs beskriva hur samverkan skall går till mellan Kriminalvården och psykiatrin. Det suicidpreventiva arbetet vänder sig främst till häkte och anstalt även om det stora antalet klienter finns inom frivården. Nyckelord: Suicidprevention, Kriminalvård, Handbok, Upplevelse, Intervju
Pugnière, Jean-Michel. "L’orientation sexuelle, facteur de suicide et de conduites à risque chez les adolescents et les jeunes adultes ? : l’influence de l’homophobie et de la victimation homophobe en milieu scolaire." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011TOU20110/document.
Full textSeveral studies (mostly North-American) put into light a significant link between sexual orientation and suicidal behaviors among teenagers and/or young adults. Homophobia to which the young homosexuals are exposed is considered the most serious hypothesis to explain this link. However quantitative studies have never been conducted on this hypothesis in France. We took it into account while carrying out a survey based on a self-questionnaire built up from scales from “Adolescent Risk Inventory” (Lescano & al., 2007), Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire – revised” (Linehan, 1989), and Homophobia Scale” (Wright, Adams & Bernat, 1999). Said survey was answered by 475 young women, and 426 young men aged 18-24.Results confirmed oversuicidality among young homo/bisexuals. However, in the analysis conducted on male participants only, sexual orientation ceases to appear a significant predictor of suicide attempts or risk behavior in explanatory models in which variables « Homophobic Verbal Bullying in school » and « Bullying based on Gender nonconformity » are introduced. Said variables turn out to be the strongest predictors of suicidal behaviors among male adolescents and young adults. Young men have mean scores on the homophobia/lesbophobia scale that are significantly higher than young women's, and homophobic verbal bullying seems a lot more common than lesbophobic verbal bullying. Besides, lesbophobic verbal bullying does not have a significant effect on suicidal attempts and risk behaviors among young women. However, internalized lesbophobia has a significant effect on suicidal behaviors of the sub-sample of young women sexually attracted to same-sex individuals or wondering (ASMSQ), whereas internalized homophobia has no effect on ASMSQ young men. This last result is based on a lower population, and should be confirmed by subsequent studies, whereas analysis on all participants highlight the extent of homophobic bullying in school, and its impact on male teenagers and young adults
Galéra, Cédric. "Symptômes de l'hyperactivité-inattention dans l'enfance et conduites à risque au jeune âge adulte." Thesis, Bordeaux 2, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010BOR21766/document.
Full textAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Conduct Disorder (CD) are associated with Youth Risk Behaviors (YRB) such as substance-related problems, suicidal behaviors and sex risk behaviors. However, a main issue is the respective role of ADHD and CD regarding YRB : is ADHD an independent risk factor for YRB? Is CD a confounding factor or a moderator of the relationship between ADHD and YRB? The aim of this thesis was to assess the link between childhood hyperactivity-inattention symptoms and subsequent YRB, controlling for other risk factors among which conduct disorder symptoms. We have conducted five analyses from a French community-based sample belonging to the youth GAZEL cohort. Results suggest different effects of hyperactivity-inattention symptoms on YRB according to the the type of YRB and gender. In males, they show an effect of hyperactivity-inattention symptoms on more severe YRB such as regular cannabis use, illicit drug experimentation and suicidal behaviors. In females, they show an effect of hyperactivity-inattention symptoms on regular tobacco use. The risk of YRB initiation was increased in youths with high levels of conduct disorder symptoms, particularly in combination with simultaneously high levels of hyperactivity-inattention symptoms. This thesis enhances the knowledge of a link between disruptive behaviors in childhood and subsequent risk behaviors. It underscores the importance of a better acknowledgement of these disorders, in order to better identify and treat them to prevent negative long-term outcomes
Nunes, Ana Rita Dias. "Adaptação à prisão, psicopatologia e ideação suicida em mulheres reclusas." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/37537.
Full textA relação entre o tempo de reclusão, a psicopatologia e a ideação suicida em mulheres reclusas não tem sido considerada. Este estudo teve como objetivos (1) analisar o efeito do tempo de pena cumprida na psicopatologia em mulheres reclusas e (2) analisar o efeito da psicopatologia na ideação suicida em mulheres reclusas. A amostra foi composta por 84 mulheres reclusas recrutadas num estabelecimento prisional em Portugal. Adotando uma metodologia transversal, as participantes completaram medidas de psicopatologia e ideação suicida. Os resultados revelaram (1) efeitos significativos do tempo de pena cumprida na psicopatologia em mulheres reclusas e (2) efeitos significativos da psicopatologia na ideação suicida em mulheres reclusas. As mulheres reclusas com pena cumprida por tempo inferior a 2.58 anos revelaram maiores níveis obsessões e compulsões, depressão, hostilidade e ansiedade fóbica. As mulheres reclusas com elevada somatização, obsessões e compulsões, sensibilidade interpessoal, depressão, ansiedade, hostilidade, ansiedade fóbica e total de psicopatologia revelaram níveis mais elevados de ideação suicida. Este estudo poderá ter sido um contributo para a literatura sobre a adaptação das mulheres ao meio prisional, sugerindo (1) efeitos do tempo de pena cumprida na psicopatologia em mulheres reclusas e (2) efeitos da psicopatologia na ideação suicida em mulheres reclusas.
The relationship between the time served, psychopathology and suicidal ideation in women inmates have not been considered. This study aimed (1) to analyze the effect of time served in women inmates’ psychopathology and (2) to analyze the effects of women inmates’ psychopathology in suicidal ideation. The sample was comprised of 84 women inmates recruited in a prison at Portugal. Through one assessment time, participants completed selfreport measures of psychopathology and suicidal ideation. Results showed (1) significant effects of time served on women inmates’ psychopathology and (2) significant effects of women inmates’ psychopathology on suicidal ideation. Women inmates with the time served less than 2.58 years reveled higher levels of obsessions and compulsions, depression, anxiety, hostility and phobic anxiety. Women inmates with high somatization, obsessions and compulsions, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety and total psychopathology, reveled higher levels of suicidal ideation. This study might be a contribute to women inmates adaptation to prison literature, suggesting (1) effects of the time served on women inmates’ psychopathology and (2) effect of women inmates’ psychopathology on suicidal ideation.
Grant, Elizabeth. "Towards safer and more congruent prison environments for male Aboriginal prisoners: a South Australian study." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/49948.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Adelaide, School of Architecture, 2008
Huey, Meredith P. "Deprivation, importation, and prison suicide the combined effects of institutional conditions and inmate composition /." 2008. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/huey%5Fmeredith%5F200808%5Fphd.
Full textPinto, Vanessa Cristina Pires. "Adversity, depressive symptoms and suicide attempts: study of women in community and comparison between women in prison and women in the community." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25463.
Full textA relação entre adversidade na infância, depressão e tentativas de suicídio tem sido estudada, mas nunca o foi em amostras exclusivamente femininas da comunidade. Por outro lado a literatura sugere que existe uma elevada prevalência de adversidade, depressão e tentativas de suicídio em reclusas. Este estudo teve como objetivos analisar estas variáveis em mulheres da comunidade e compará-las com um grupo de reclusas, analisando o contributo da adversidade para a depressão e tentativas de suicídio. Um total de 394 mulheres (211 reclusas e 183 da comunidade) completou o Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Questionnaire e a sub-escala da depressão do Psychopathological Symptom Inventory. As mulheres na comunidade relatam muitas experiências adversas e estas são preditoras da sintomatologia depressiva e das tentativas de suicídio. As reclusas relataram mais abuso sexual, abuso de substâncias na família, familiares em reclusão e divórcio dos pais, enquanto as da comunidade relataram mais violência doméstica. Não há diferenças entre os dois grupos quanto ao total de experiências adversas. A depressão e as tentativas de suicídio são superiores nas reclusas. Nos dois grupos a adversidade é preditora tentativas de suicídio. Programas de prevenção comunitários e projetos prisionais que considerem a história de vida e problemas específicos são necessários em contexto prisional.
The relationship between childhood adversity, depression and suicide attempts has been studied, but never in exclusively female community samples. On the other hand the literature suggests that there is a high prevalence of adversity, depression and suicide attempts in female inmates. This study aimed to analyze these variables in women from the community and compare them with a group of inmates, analyzing the contribution of adversity to depression and suicide attempts. A total of 394 women (211 inmates and 183 from community) completed the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Questionnaire and the depression subscale of the Psychopathological Symptom Inventory. Women in the community reported many adverse experiences and these are predictors of depressive symptoms and suicide attempts. Female inmates reported more sexual abuse, substance abuse in the family, family members in prison and divorced parents, while the community reported more domestic violence. There are no differences between the two groups in the total number of adverse experiences. Depression and suicide attempts are higher among inmates. In both groups the adversity predicts suicide attempts. Prevention community programs and projects that consider life history and specific problems are needed in the prison context.