Primary Prevention Model of Inmate Suicide Prevention and Treatment Program

Correctional institutions have a diverse and complex population of inmates, and it is not easy to fully control all inmates. In order to help inmates at risk of suicide in the correctional institution adapt to the life of custody, and receive appropriate treatment according to the level of risk, in order to strengthen the integrity of inmates in correctional institutions. In suicide prevention and treatment, to avoid guard accidents, through mental health lectures and proper learning, each inmate can play the role of suicide prevention and treatment gatekeeper.

The psychologist introduced the principles of observation and awareness of the host's own and other people's emotions in the psychological lecture, such as behavioral observation and timely listening. The psychologist asked the lecture members to tell the phenomena they had seen in others and themselves, and then asked the members talk about what methods you have used to deal with or solve emotional distress, then introduce emotion regulation strategies and how to use them, analyze the possible timing of their use, and explain that some adjustment strategies can cause emotions to accumulate. The stronger the emotion, the more intense the emotion. The more adjustment strategies you use, adjusting your emotions is a path of continuous learning. Whenever you are unclear or no longer able to effectively adjust your emotions, don’t be afraid to seek the help of professional psychological counseling. This will also indicate the possibility of resisting psychological counseling. Thinking, in order to help the inmates to make timely requests if they have psychological distress that they cannot handle, to prevent regrets from happening.