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The author wishes to express his gratitude to Joan Eccleston, M.D. and James Haycox, M.D., for serving as expert raters, to Aaron Beck, M.D., for permission to use the Beck Depression Inventory and the Hopelessness Scale in this and associated research, and to James Haycox, M.D., Robert Fein, Ph.D., Katharine White, M.A., Morris Schwartz, Ph.D., Maurice Stein, Ph.D., Gordon Fellman, Ph.D., and the reviewers for comments, criticisms and discussion. Please address reprint requests to Dr. Haycock, Psychology Department, Bridgewater State Hospital, 10 Administration Road, Bridgewater, MA 02324.
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Haycock, J. Manipulation and suicide attempts in jails and prisons. Psych Quart 60, 85–98 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064365
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