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Suicide and self‐inflicted injuries
Author(s) -
Dycian Anat,
Fishman Gideon,
Bleich Avi
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1994)20:1<9::aid-ab2480200103>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - attribution , suicide prevention , psychology , poison control , injury prevention , meaning (existential) , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , population , scale (ratio) , set (abstract data type) , social psychology , medical emergency , clinical psychology , forensic engineering , medicine , engineering , psychotherapist , environmental health , computer science , geography , cartography , pathology , programming language
The present study addressed itself to the problem of self‐inflicted injuries (SII) in the Israeli army, and to the wider question whether non‐fatal self injuries and suicide are part of the same phenomenon. The findings show that in some cases SII is an unsucessful suicide while in others SII is anything but a reflection of a death wish. It appears that the modus operandi is a major indication as to the intentions of the actor. The study also demonstrates the difference between the population of the suiciders and that of the SII victims. While suiciders seem to score higher on the Performance Prediction Score (PPS) and Combat Suitability Scale, the SII population seems to be overly represented in the lower parts of the PPS and the Combat Suitability Scale. The study used a data set that represents a 5 year period, and followed the consequences of the SII in terms of medical status and occupational assignment of the actors. The findings yielded some possible policy implications, in terms of a better classification of the relevant populations, and a possible attribution of a more refined meaning to the behavior. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.