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Suicide, intentionally causing one's own death.. Altruistic suicide, suicide for the benefit of others.; Autocide, suicide by automobile collision.; Medicide, a suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician.
A suicide attempt is defined as a self-inflicted, potentially injurious behavior with a nonfatal outcome for which there is evidence of intent to die. Type I has no resultant injuries, regardless of the degree of injury or lethality of method, while Type II has resultant injuries.
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.
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 circumstances without the presence of a mental disorder.
Attempt to commit a particular crime is a crime, usually considered to be of the same or lesser gravity as the particular crime attempted. [1]: 669–671 Attempt is a type of inchoate crime, a crime that is not fully developed. The crime of attempt has two elements, intent and some conduct toward completion of the crime. [2]
The Cape Cod teenager who pleaded guilty to the attempted drowning of a black peer in a pond while spewing racial slurs escaped jail time during his sentencing Wednesday. Chatham, Mass. resident ...
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language , the words begin , start , commence , and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous .
Psychological abuse, often known as emotional abuse or mental abuse or psychological violence or non-physical abuse, is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another person to a behavior that may result in psychological trauma, including anxiety, chronic depression, clinical depression or post-traumatic stress disorder amongst other psychological problems.