It's your decision at the end of the day. There are likely lots of personal reasons why you should and should not do it. If I were you, considering you have been having a difficult time for quite a while now, I would focus your limited energies on feeling better about yourself and continuing with therapy. Even though you will be discharged from inpatient at that point, you aren't necessarily able to be assured of your mental state. Looking into the future, when your family or employers will be able to find these types of interviews, you may wish to ensure you are in the best possible mental health to offer a good interview. If you are distressed, I can't see how this is possible.
From a personal point of view, if I were to see an article/interview with someone who is currently going through a cycle of crisis and inpatient admissions for being suicidal, this wouldn't represent my experience of self harm. I feel often there are too many extremes portrayed and that suicide and self harm are happily mixed together by misinformed interviewers...whether that is due to the media wishing to play on the drama of it all I'd not considered before. All I know is that I'd prefer to watch an interview with someone who is currently self harming but in employment or university or parenting, so self harm is seen to be just an element of their whole life...in order to demonstrate self harm is a coping technique NOT an indication of a mental illness....or with an individual who has 'recovered' and able to reflect on their self harming behaviour.
This is my two cents. Take what you want and leave the rest.
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