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Suicide
"Suicide,
from Latinsuicidium,is
"the act of taking one's own life". Attempted suicide or non-fatal
suicidal behavior isself-injurywith
at least some desire to end one's life that does not result in
death.Assisted
suicideis
when one individual helps another bring about their own death
indirectly via providing either advice or the means to the end. This
is in contrast toeuthanasia,
where another person takes a more active role in bringing about a
person's death.Suicidal
ideationis
thoughts of ending one's life but not taking any active efforts to
do so.It may
or may not involve exact planning or intent.In
amurder-suicide(or
homicide-suicide), the individual aims at taking the lives of others
at the same time. A special case of this is extended suicide, where
the murder is motivated by seeing the murdered persons as an
extension of their self. Suicide in which the reason is that the
person feels that they are not part of society is known asegoistic
suicide". Read further at
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