If a person with multiple personalities threatens to kill themselves is it considered a hostage situation?
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yes, no, yes, no, seems like none of us know
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someone who is psychotic is obviously way out of touch with reality. They may be extremely hostile, paranoid, speaking in sentneces that make no sense, agitated, and could possibly become violent, but not always.
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I think this person you are referring to has multiple personalities. ("themself?")
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Split personality is not an official or accurate term used anymore.  Multiple personality disorder is now called DID (dissociative identity disorder).  This is because, by theory, a sufferer has what I'll call a "core personality", but also projects other personalities that seem like completely separate people.  What makes this clinical is that a person CANNOT CONTROL themselves when in these states.  If you watch research videos you'll see a researcher talking to what appears to be a wholly different person not just in what they say, but physical manerisms and attitudes.  Dissociative disorders often come about as the result of severely traumatic events wherein a sufferer will, as a defensive mechanism, go into a dissociative state (though often joked about, but literally to "their happy place").  This can even come in personifying an inanimate object (like a teddy bear).\n\nChikee mentioned "bipolar" but his has nothing to do with it.  Bipolar is a condition where a person suffers extreme states of depression and extreme states of mania.  Bipolar is thrown around lightly now, but a true clinical condition makes these sufferers have a near impossible time fucntioning properly in society.  Not related to DID at all.\n\nBedraj mention Schizophrenia, but this is still a different condition.  This condition is characterized mainly by distorted perceptions of reality, delusions, and hallucinations.  See below for links to more information.
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yes of course.\n\nMurder is a crime and not permitted by the 10 commandments. If you feel the urge and desperate enough to kill yourself, just bare in mind, life in hell will be worse. At least whilst you are still here, you can get some support and help to get better.\n\nSuicide is murder . Don't do it or you will burn in hell
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Thats a pretty philosophical question... I would say the individual has the right to do whatever he or she wishes so long as it does not harm another person in the group.  When there is a conflict, there needs to be an impartial mediator who can determine who is being harmed or benefited more by a certain action.  Definately there is a huge grey zone where one person benefits from the hardships of another, and I think the degree of gain/ suffer must be assessed on a per case basis.
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UNFORTUNATLY THEY DONT JUST KILL THEMSELVES. \nTHEY KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME.
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Yes. If she is threat to herself or others, she can be put in the hospital.
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i think it owuld depend on how the "the hostages feel about the situation". lol. good question! =0P
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Actually the name's been changed to DID, or Dissociative Identity Disorder. Good question, in that, it is a subject of great professional debate. The crux being, if the person truly has completely distinct multiple personalities, why do they often seem to know they have them before anyone tells them. If the personalities are completely distinct, then how do they know who each personality is ,and how they act before speaking to a professional. Generally, friends and family members wouldn't have the terms or knowledge to describe each personality to them. As of now. it's mostly seen as protection for an exceedingly weak ego, and many psychology professionals don't buy DID as it's been classically presented.
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Generally, no; but any insane asylum needs to know how to make survival compulsory for their suicidal inmates. I'd think some of the more basic forms of learning could also be forced.
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No, but it's a character flaw if you consistently exploit it.\n\nHowever, an inability to understand the moral consequences of manipulating others can be a sign of mental illness.
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Under the Model Penal Code of criminality, which is the default rule of criminal law in the United States, there are certain defenses that people, who cannot crontrol their own physical functions, can use.\n\nOne of them is the defense of mental illness. \n\nI believe, persoanlly, that if the person in question has been deemed mentally ill by at least three unaffiliated experts, then that person can use the defense as it is prescribed by the Model Penal Code. It is simply too broad of a statement to say that we should hold the mentally ill responsible for their illegal acts. More should be done to help prevent them from getting into those situations.
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Some people with various mental disorders seem to be talking to themselves as in the case of schizophrenia but these people hear voices so they may actually be talking to the voices.  Also people with multiple personality disorder seem to talk to themselves, but it is actually their alter personalities talking.  Hope this clarifies things.
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SUICIDE IS A BIT OF A COP OUT, BUT I DON'T REALLY THINK THE PERSON IS A COWARD.  I THINK THEY ARE VERY TROUBLED AND NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP.  \n\nSUICIDE IS A PERMANANT SOLUTION TO A TEMPORARY PROBLEM.
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Did you come up with this in a clinical setting when you were reevaluating the diagnosis given to your clients from their previous caregivers? (Rhetorical question)\n\n\nSeriously though what is with this talk of getting away with it? Ultimately it does not matter. If a person acts like a jerk they get treated like a jerk. I am unaware of any pretext under which people "get away with being jerks". Could you maybe cite some examples? In the USA there is major stigma against mental illness and we get away with nothing! Not only that public opinion uses half truths and outright ignorance to persecuted people with mental disorders. They don't have compassion or understanding for the people who are harmless! Let alone make accommodation for the ones who are out of control! Just for example a person with antisocial personality disorder would most definitely have the characteristic of acting like a jerk, so in what PC dreamworld would a term like antisocial personality disorder elicit sympathy from anyone, and then cause them to look the other way at that behavior?\n\nThere are a whole lot of people out there serving hard time in prison because of their personality disorders. And guess what? They belong there.\n\nSo in closing, I really don't have a clue what you are talking about.
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You can not be sent to jail after a suicide attempt.  That is what is meant by it is not an imprison-able or capital offense.  It is not an offense at all.  People who have attempted suicide are often taken to a hospital.  When they are stable, depending on their state of being are either released or taken to a treatment facility.  Attempted suicide is a person's desperate cry for help.  It does not mean they have a pathetic life, it means they have severe depression and need professional help to overcome the despair and sadness in their life.  People who love people who have committed suicide or attempted suicide will disagree with you that no one cares for a person who attempts suicide.  I have a nephew who has attempted suicide twice.  He is under a doctor's care, but struggles with many issues including depression.  Trust us, none of us wants him to take his own life.