Suicide watch
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| History of suicide |
| List of suicides |
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| Views on suicide |
| Medical | Cultural |
| Legal | Philosophical |
| Religious | Right to die |
| Suicide crisis |
| Intervention | Prevention |
| Crisis hotline | Suicide watch |
| Types of suicide |
| Suicide methods | Copycat suicide |
| Cult suicide | Euthanasia |
| Familicide | Forced suicide |
| Internet suicide | Mass suicide |
| Murder-suicide | Ritual suicide |
| Suicide attack | Suicide pact |
| Suicide by cop | Teenage suicide |
| Related phenomena |
| Self-harm | Suicidal ideation |
| Suicide note |
Suicide watch is an intensive monitoring process used to ensure that an individual does not commit suicide. Usually the term is used in reference to inmates in a prison or psychiatric hospital. Individuals are placed on suicide watch when it is believed there is a good chance they will attempt to harm themselves.
What happens to people under suicide watch?
People under suicide watch are put into an environment where it would be difficult for them to hurt themselves. They may be placed in a special padded cell and be stripped of anything with which they might hurt themselves (including shoelaces and belt, and sometimes even bed sheets). They may be under continuous or very frequent watch of a guard (a prison officer or orderly) who will intervene if they attempt to harm themselves.
Notable people who are or were on suicide watch
- Ian Brady
- Martin Bryant
- Ray Combs (consummated suicide)
- Lee Hughes
- Harold Shipman (consummated suicide while off suicide watch)
- Luke Mitchell
- Many prisoners of the Nuremberg Trials
- John Mark Karr, falsely confessed to the murder of JonBenét Ramsey
- John Couey
- Maury Travis (consummated suicide)
- Owen Wilson
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