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systematically filled out by the prison guard discovering the suicide victim. The aim was toidentify specific suicide-profiles in order to identify future behavioural patterns before theincarcerated individual attempts to commit suicide, to minimise risk factors and to enhanceprotective factors.A Randomized Controlled Study on the Effects of PsychoeducationalInterventions on Schizophrenic Patients in Prison PsychiatryIlona Kogan, JVKB, Berlin, Germany (Ilona.Kogan@jvkb.berlin.de)Background: The efficiency of psychoeducational intervention in psychiatric inpatient treatmenthas been established over the past 20 years. Early psychoeducational intervention has beenlinked to increased medicinal compliance and less recurrence of schizophrenic episodes, and theinpatient treatment duration has been proven to decrease. However, there have been no studies inGermany that investigate the effectiveness of these interventions in prison psychiatry onschizophrenic inmates.Objective: This study will examine the effects of psychoeducational interventions in prisonpsychiatry.Methods: All male inmates who meet the criteria for an ICD-10 diagnosis F20.X will berandomly assigned to 1 of 2 treatment conditions. In the psychoeducational interventioncondition, patients will be able to obtain knowledge and insight into their disease. Patients in theother treatment condition will receive TAU (treatment as usual) and psychoeducationalintervention 6 months later. All participating patients will be tested with the following battery oftests: PANSS, SKID I and II, ESI, IRAOS and PCL Factor 2 at three different times in the study(pre-intervention, post-intervention and 6 months after intervention).Results/Conclusion: It is expected that similar efficiency results will be achieved in prisonpsychiatry as those in inpatient treatment facilities in public hospitals. In addition, it isanticipated that due to the early intervention, the acquired knowledge and the increasedmedicinal compliance a subsequent incarceration could be avoided. This would counteractfurther stigmatization and social descent.Relationships and Sexuality of Imprisoned Men in the German Penal SystemThomas Barth, JVKB, Berlin, Germany (Thomas.Barth@jvkb.berlin.de)Sexuality among prisoners is one of the few taboo topics in the modern penal system and theperception in society is blurred by clichés and ignorance. The lack of concrete scientific data onthe sexual behavior of inmates in German prisons is surprising, especially given the extantinternational scholarship on prison culture and sexual violence. The first German study aboutrelationships and sexuality of imprisoned men was conducted in an adult correctional facility for312