Citation

Negredo L, Melis F, Herrero O. Rev. Esp. Sanid. Penit. 2013; 15(1): 3-7.

Vernacular Title

Psicopatía y conducta suicida en una muestra de delincuentes con trastorno mental.

Affiliation

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City University, New York.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Sociedad Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria, Publisher Cometa)

DOI

10.4321/S1575-06202013000100002

PMID

23529362

Abstract

Empirical literature has yielded a positive association between psychopathy levels and suicide attempts. This association is centred around impulsivity and disinhibitory facets of psychopathy, whereas suicide and emotional poverty remain independent. Evidence about the relation between suicide and psychopathy in mentally disordered offenders is not conclusive. The present work explores the relation between several measures of antisocial personality, suicide attempt and deliberate self mutilation in a sample of inmates from a forensic psychiatric hospital. Results support the association between disinhibitory aspects of personality and suicide in this population.

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