Obegi Joseph H
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California Correctional Health Care Services, Elk Grove, CA, USA.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2023 Apr 20;31(1):121-131. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2023.2175069. eCollection 2024.
Conventional thinking holds that most inmates who hunger strike do not desire to die. Rather, they want prison officials to concede to their demands. In this paper, I examine whether death by hunger strike can be classified as suicide. After reviewing definitions of suicide and suicidal intent, I conclude that some deaths by hunger strike can be readily classified as suicides. I further propose that conditional intention is a useful way to understand the complex motivations of hunger strikers. I close by discussing the implications of conditional intention for the assessment of suicidal intent among hunger strikers and for the duty of mental health providers to prevent suicide.
传统观点认为，大多数绝食的囚犯并不想死。相反，他们希望监狱官员答应他们的要求。在本文中，我探讨绝食致死是否可被归类为自杀。在审视了自杀及自杀意图的定义后，我得出结论，一些绝食致死的情况可轻易被归类为自杀。我还提出，有条件意图是理解绝食者复杂动机的一种有用方式。最后，我讨论了有条件意图对评估绝食者自杀意图以及心理健康提供者预防自杀职责的影响。
