@article{ref1,
title="Self-harm in prison: manipulators can also be suicide attempters",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2000",
author="Dear, Greg E. and Thomson, Donald M. and Hills, Adelma M.",
volume="27",
number="2",
pages="160-175",
abstract="This study sought to determine whether self-harm incidents classified as manipulative would also be classified as low suicidal intent and low risk to life. Seventy-four prisoners who had self-harmed were interviewed within 3 days of the incident. Measures were obtained of the degree of suicidal intent (Suicide Intent Scale), the degree to which the incident posed a risk to life (assessed by medical staff), and the principal motive for self-harming (open-ended question). The data did not support the notion that manipulators and suicide attempters are mutually exclusive groups. Only 6 of the 18 participants who reported manipulative motives displayed low suicidal intent, and 3 of the 18 enacted self-harm that posed at least a moderate risk to life. Prison staff cannot assume that prisoners who appear manipulative or report manipulative motives were not suicidal at the time of self-harming.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854800027002002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854800027002002"
}