Suicidality in Inmates

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Since you did not indicate a source material, I am assuming that the task is about seeking available and utilized methods and then studying them for applicability. I suggest this simple outline:

1. Assessment for suicidality - description - 150 words 200
2. Assessing for suicidality between the incarcerated and the those who aren't - 150 to 200 words
3. Recommendations for correctional staff - 150 to 200 words

This should yield between 450 to 600 words which I think should cover what you need. Should you require a lengthier answer, you can always make your discussions more detailed and add more to ideas and elements. You can use the listed resources for further exploration of the topic.

Assessment for Suicidality

Suicide - the act of intentionally killing one's self is seen as one committed out of despair from causes that can be attributed to mental disorders like depression and schizophrenia or due to a range of stress factors like financial and employment issues of breakdown and troubles with personal relationships (i.e. a devastating divorce, break-ups, loss of loved-one). It is a troubling thought that over a million people die of suicide every year according to the World Health Organization through their program SUPRE, a worldwide initiative for the prevention of suicide. Their study showed that suicide is the single most common cause of death in prison, jails and penitentiaries and it is necessary to have "adequate suicide prevention and intervention services" in prisons, correction facilities and jails for both the protection of inmates and the institution (WHO 2007) worldwide. Their report also showed that correctional facilities worldwide, not just in the U.S., struggle with preventing inmate suicide because of the context of the setting. What then can be done to help in inmate suicide prevention? First off, Tripodi and Bender (2006) advise that to determine the applicable assessment instrument, it is important to clarify what suicide is all about. They explained that suicide is "...a range of thoughts and behaviors from suicidal ideation (thoughts and planning), to suicidal gestures (self-harming behaviors), to suicide attempts (serious harm to self that could result in death with no intervention), and finally to completions (harm to self resulting in death)." In their study, they looked into the prevalence of suicide among inmates across the U.S. to investigate the indicators, the factors that drive suicide and why, in such a controlled environment, suicide is ...