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A suicide attempt is an act in which an individual tries to kill themselves but survives. [ 1][ 2] Mental health professionals discourage describing suicide attempts as "failed" or "unsuccessful", as doing so may imply that a suicide resulting in death is a successful or desirable outcome. [ 3][ 4][ 5][ 6]
Suicide-related behaviors can result in no injuries, injuries, or death. Suicide-related behaviors comprise self-harm, self-inflicted unintentional death, undetermined suicide-related behaviors, self-inflicted death with undetermined intent, suicide attempt, and suicide. Self-harm is self-inflicted, potentially injurious behavior for which ...
Suicide and attempted suicide, while previously illegal, are no longer so in most Western countries. [28] It remains a criminal offense in some countries. [29] In the 20th and 21st centuries, suicide has been used on rare occasions as a form of protest; or as both a military and terrorist tactic while or after murdering others. [30]
Suicidal ideation, or suicidal thoughts, is the thought process of having ideas, or ruminations about the possibility of completing suicide. [ 1] It is not a diagnosis but is a symptom of some mental disorders, use of certain psychoactive drugs, and can also occur in response to adverse life events without the presence of a mental disorder.
A suicide crisis, suicidal crisis or potential suicide is a situation in which a person is attempting to kill themselves or is seriously contemplating or planning to do so. It is considered by public safety authorities, medical practice, and emergency services to be a medical emergency, requiring immediate suicide intervention and emergency ...
Suicide prevention is a collection of efforts to reduce the risk of suicide. [1] Suicide is often preventable, [2] and the efforts to prevent it may occur at the individual, relationship, community, and society level. [1] Suicide is a serious public health problem that can have long-lasting effects on individuals, families, and communities.
Suicidology is the scientific study of suicidal behaviour, the causes of suicidalness and suicide prevention. [ 1] Every year, about one million people die by suicide, which is a mortality rate of sixteen per 100,000 or one death every forty seconds. [ 2] Suicidologists believe that suicide is largely preventable with the right actions ...
Savannah Chrisley is opening up about a suicide attempt that happened when she was a teenager. “I didn’t really have a life-or-death experience, but I did try committing suicide so that ...