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SUBMITTER: Iqtidar M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6171332 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Iqtidar Madeeha M Sharma Kapil K Mullaney Ronan R Kelly Enda E Keevans Mary M Cullinane Myra M Kennedy Harry H Mohan Damian D
BJPsych open 20180921 5
Mental health and substance misuse disorders are associated with unnatural deaths in prisoners. Deaths in Irish prisons between 2009 and 2014 were retrospectively analysed using coroner's findings, including post-mortem toxicology. There were 69 deaths in custody, 38 of which met inclusion criteria. All deaths by overdose (16) were positive for illicit drugs; 53% of deaths (8 of 15) due to hanging were also positive for illicit drugs, and 29% of deaths (2 of 7) from other causes were toxicology ...[more]