Suicidal thinking, depression, and religiosity in a freedom-deprived population.
Cristina Ranuzi, Tamires Gomes Dos Santos, Ana Cláudia Moura Caetano Araujo and 1 others
PMID 33084774WHAT IT FOUND
In a Brazilian prison, 48 of 228 people reported suicidal thoughts since incarceration.
Women, those without a partner, and people with higher depression scores were more likely to report them; religiosity was not linked to them.
Key findings
0148 of 228 participants reported having thought about suicide since incarceration.
02Female gender was associated with 7.2 times greater chance of suicidal thoughts, not having a partner was associated with three times greater chance, and each additional total depression score point was associated with a 21% higher chance.
03Intrinsic religiosity was not significantly associated with suicidal thoughts (p=0.477).
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What it does not show
The sample came from one state mixed penitentiary in Minas Gerais and was recruited non-probabilistically, so it may not represent other prisons or freedom-deprived populations. The study measured everything at one point, so it cannot show whether depression, lack of partner, work, medication use, or gender caused suicidal thoughts. A prison guard followed each participant at all times, which may have made some people underreport sensitive information. Most participants were male (189 of 228), so the female-specific finding rests on 39 women. Suicidal thoughts and depression symptoms were self-reported.
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The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that religiosity protects people in prison from suicidal thinking. In this study, intrinsic religiosity was not significantly associated with suicidal thoughts (p=0.477).