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Preventing Prison Suicide With Life-Trajectory-Based Screening

Tyler S. Kaster, Michael S. Martin and Alexander I. F. Simpson
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online March 2017, 45 (1) 92-98;
Tyler S. Kaster
Dr. Kaster is a Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Martin is a PhD Candidate, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Simpson is Chief of Forensic Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. No funding was provided for this research. T.S.K. was awarded the Isaac Sakinofsky Essay Prize in Suicidology from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for this work. M.S.M. is currently on unpaid educational leave from the Correctional Service of Canada.
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Michael S. Martin
Dr. Kaster is a Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Martin is a PhD Candidate, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Simpson is Chief of Forensic Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. No funding was provided for this research. T.S.K. was awarded the Isaac Sakinofsky Essay Prize in Suicidology from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for this work. M.S.M. is currently on unpaid educational leave from the Correctional Service of Canada.
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Alexander I. F. Simpson
Dr. Kaster is a Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Martin is a PhD Candidate, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Simpson is Chief of Forensic Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. No funding was provided for this research. T.S.K. was awarded the Isaac Sakinofsky Essay Prize in Suicidology from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for this work. M.S.M. is currently on unpaid educational leave from the Correctional Service of Canada.
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vol. 45 no. 1 92-98
PubMed 
28270467

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
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1093-6793
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  • Published online March 7, 2017.

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  1. Tyler S. Kaster, MD,
  2. Michael S. Martin, MA and
  3. Alexander I. F. Simpson, MBChB
  1. Dr. Kaster is a Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Martin is a PhD Candidate, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Simpson is Chief of Forensic Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. No funding was provided for this research. T.S.K. was awarded the Isaac Sakinofsky Essay Prize in Suicidology from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for this work. M.S.M. is currently on unpaid educational leave from the Correctional Service of Canada.
  1. Address correspondence to: Alexander I. F. Simpson, MBChB, Chief of Forensic Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1001 Queen Street W, Toronto, ON M6J 1H4, Canada. E-mail: sandy.simpson{at}camh.ca.

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