Differentiating genuine from feigned suicidality in corrections: A necessary but perilous task
| Autor: | Joseph H Obegi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Malingering
media_common.quotation_subject Prison California Pathology and Forensic Medicine Task (project management) Suicidal Ideation Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care medicine Humans 0505 law media_common business.industry Prisoners 05 social sciences medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Prisons 050501 criminology business Psychology Law Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | International journal of law and psychiatry. 71 |
| ISSN: | 1873-6386 |
| Popis: | Feigning suicidality is common among patients in correctional settings, but there has been little discussion on the differences between genuine and feigned presentations of suicidality. Differentiating suicidality from feigned suicidality is among the riskiest diagnostic challenges. Still, some headway can be made if we compare features of genuine suicidality with those of feigned presentations. To this end, I first describe a typical profile of suicidality. Next, I contrast it with the features that correctional patients who feign suicidality display in California's prison health care system. I also outline the dangers involved in identifying feigned suicidality, and I offer some ways in which to understand feigned suicidality in corrections. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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