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A suicide method is any means by which a person may choose to end their life. Suicide attempts do not always result in death, and a non-fatal suicide attempt can leave the person with serious physical injuries, long-term health problems, and brain damage.[1]
Worldwide, three suicide methods predominate with the pattern varying in different countries. These are hanging, poisoning by pesticides, and firearms.[2] Some suicides may be preventable by removing the means.[3] Making common suicide methods less accessible leads to an overall reduction in the number of suicides.[4][5]
Some method-specific ways to do this include restricting access to pesticides, firearms, and known-used drugs. Other important measures are the introduction of policies that address the misuse of alcohol and the treatment of mental disorders.[6] Gun-control measures in a number of countries have seen a reduction in suicides and other gun-related deaths.[7] Other preventive measures are not method-specific. These include support, access to treatment, and calling a crisis hotline.[8] There are multiple talk therapies that reduce suicidal thoughts and behaviors regardless of method, including dialectical behavior therapy.[9][10]
^"Preventing Suicide |Violence Prevention|Injury Centerf". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^"Suicide: one person dies every 40 seconds". World Health Organization. 9 September 2019.
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^"Worrying trends in U.S. suicide rates".
^"Suicide". www.who.int. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^Santaella-Tenorio J, Cerdá M, Villaveces A, Galea S (2016). "What Do We Know About the Association Between Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Injuries?". Epidemiologic Reviews. 38 (1): 140–57. doi:10.1093/epirev/mxv012. PMC 6283012. PMID 26905895.
^"Suicide Risk and Protective Factors|Suicide|Violence Prevention|Injury Center". www.cdc.gov. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
^Canadian Agency for Drugs Technologies in Health (CADTH) (1 March 2010). "Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in Adolescents for Suicide Prevention: Systematic Review of Clinical-Effectiveness". CADTH Technology Overviews. 1 (1): e0104. PMC 3411135. PMID 22977392.
^National Institute of Mental Health: Suicide in the U.S.: Statistics and Prevention [1]
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adopted method of suicide varies from country to country and is partly related to the availability of effective means. Common methods of suicide include...
impending suicide, methods may include: treating mental illness improving coping strategies of people who are at risk reducing risk factors for suicide, such...
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high as 50% in certain demographics. A suicide message can be in any form or medium, but the most common methods are by a written note, an audio message...
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Suicide by cop (abbreviated as: SbC), also known as suicide by police or law-enforcement-assisted suicide, is a suicidemethod in which a suicidal individual...
than "true" suicide attempts, as in lacking suicidal intent. Some suicidemethods have higher rates of lethality than others. The use of firearms results...
disasters. It is also a method of suicide. In the United States, self-defenestration is among the least common methods of dying by suicide (less than 2% of all...
indicate that certain methods are less painful and more fatal than others. Moreover, the book shows that certain popular methods of suicide have very low success...
violent methods to die by suicide. Poisoning is the most commonly used method for South Korean women, with pesticides accounting for half of suicide deaths...
difference in suicide rates for males and females is partially a result of the methods used by each gender. Although females attempt suicide at a higher...
problems and suicidal behavior. Regarding suicidemethods in India, hanging is the primary method of suicide in India and has shown increasing trends among...
well as drowning were common methods of suicide in Taiwan. Epidemiology of suicide Gender differences in suicideSuicide in the military List of countries...
often misclassified as accidents if no suicide note is found. Considering the large number of suicides by other methods, it would be remarkable if vehicles...
that provide information on suicidemethods or otherwise assist suicide. There have been some legal bans on pro-suicide web sites, most notably in Australia...
some outlying methods like jumping from a moving train and jumping from a bridge into the path of an approaching train. A railway suicide can also be committed...
hanging (Departments of Public Health, 2001; Biddle et al., 2010). Other suicidemethods commonly used in Ireland included drowning, shooting, and overdose...
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prevented governments from effectively restricting pro-suicide sites and sites that describe suicidemethods. In 2008, police in the United Kingdom expressed...
Mass suicide is a form of suicide, occurring when a group of people simultaneously kill themselves. Mass suicide sometimes occurs in religious settings...
force to comprehensively understand the causes of suicide analysis and propose prevention methods. Secondly, hold five regional seminars to arrange educational...
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A copycat suicide is defined as an emulation of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts...
A suicide pact is an agreed plan between two or more individuals to die by suicide. The plan may be to die together, or separately and closely timed. Suicide...
Suicide watch (sometimes shortened to SW) is an intensive monitoring process used to ensure that any person cannot attempt suicide. Usually the term is...
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