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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Suicidal behaviors are used so often for attention-getting or other manipulative purposes that psychologists have a term of art ("parasuicidal")to differentiate manipulative suicidal behavior from true suicidal behavior. [/quote]

A decent psychologist will not refer to people as attention seeking or manipulative. They look to understand why the person is trying to obtain attention or feel the need to control a situation. Someone who threatens suicide (when they aren't suicidal) as a way to obtain a measure of control or to get their needs for attention met it someone who is either not well at all or severely deprived of the childhood learning, nurturing environment and basic skills necessary to function as a competent adult

Additionally parasuicidal gestures are not about manipulative suicidal behaviors. There are many different reasons for suicidal gestures where the intended outcome isn't death. Parasuicide involves actually overdosing on meds/substance, cutting arms etc.. Parasuicide is related to socioeconomic factors, supports, access to resources and many other factors. [/quote]

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