Verity Wainwright explores a qualitative study from Norway, which looks into prisoners understanding of mental health and the prison environment.
[read the full story...]What emotions do male prisoners experience prior to suicide and violence?
In this blog by Hilary Norman, she explores a new study on the emotions that male prisoners experience prior to suicide, self-harm or violence using a novel participatory visual method involving drawing their feelings.
[read the full story...]Alexithymia and suicide, violence, and dual harm in male prisoners
Ross Nedoma reviews a recent cross-sectional study examining the links between alexithymia and suicide, violence or dual harm among male prisoners in the UK.
[read the full story...]Prison and mental illness: the unmet needs associated with reincarceration
Danny Whiting reviews a recent Canadian prison study which finds that schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and homelessness are some of the factors significantly associated with reincarceration.
[read the full story...]Qualitative co-production: involving people with lived experience in co-analysis of qualitative data
In her debut blog, Nia Coupe summarises a recent study on how people with lived experience can be involved in the analysis of qualitative research data.
[read the full story...]Communicating emotions and reducing harm amongst male prisoners
Rebecca Crook reviews a recent qualitative study exploring the difficulties that male prisoners sometimes have in identifying and discussing their feelings about suicide and violence.
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