High Quality of Life Reduces Depression, Hopelessness, and Suicide Ideations in Patients in Forensic Psychiatry

BackgroundSuicides are more common in forensic patients than in the general population. Two reasons for this discrepancy are discussed: (1) Suicides are the consequence of maladaptation to the restrictive living conditions in forensic psychiatry, and (2) suicides are explained by the demographic, so...

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Main Authors: Michael Büsselmann, Stefanie Nigel, Stefanie Otte, Maximilian Lutz, Irina Franke, Manuela Dudeck, Judith Streb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.01014/full