Joseph Hillary Obegi
About
Joseph H. Obegi, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist based in Davis, California, with a focused area of expertise in suicide risk assessment and prevention. His published scholarship spans questions that arise frequently in clinical and forensic contexts, including the classification of suicidal behavior, the reliability of denial of suicidal ideation, the distinction between genuine and feigned suicidality in correctional settings, and the ethical and practical hazards of standard clinical interventions such as constant observation.
With 13 peer-reviewed publications, his work has appeared in journals including Psychiatric Services, General Hospital Psychiatry, the Journal of Psychiatric Practice, and Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. Several of his published titles address the intersection of suicidality and institutional settings, including prisons, reflecting experience with correctional and forensic populations. He has also written on conceptual and diagnostic issues in the field, including commentary on DSM-5's treatment of suicide risk.
Dr. Obegi holds a doctorate in psychology and is licensed in California. His combination of clinical practice and sustained scholarly output on suicide risk makes him a resource in cases involving questions of assessment, standard of care, and the management of suicidal individuals across both community and institutional settings.
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Publications
- Challenges in Classifying Components of a Suicide Prevention Program.
- Death by hunger strike: suicide or not?
- Distinguishing Prevention from Treatment in Suicide Prevention. Comment on Turner et al. The Paradox of Suicide Prevention. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 14983.
- Hazards of Using Constant Observation With Suicidal Patients.
- How Common is Recent Denial of Suicidal Ideation among Ideators, Attempters, and Suicide Decedents? A Literature Review.
- Disciplinary Responsibility in Prison.
- Differentiating genuine from feigned suicidality in corrections: A necessary but perilous task.
- The Suicide Risk Heading in DSM-5: Promising Start or Flubbed Launch?
- Is suicidality a mental disorder? Applying DSM-5 guidelines for new diagnoses.
- Is identifying suicide risk the point of universal screening?
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