Suicide methods
Suicide is not always completed, and a failed suicide attempt can leave the person with serious physical injuries, long-term health problems, and brain damage. Limiting the availability of means such as pesticides and firearms is recommended by a World Health Report on suicide and its prevention. Early identification of mental disorders and substance abuse disorders, follow-up care for those who have attempted suicide, and responsible reporting by the media are all seen to be key in reducing the number of deaths by suicide.
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Suicide is not always completed, and a failed suicide attempt can leave the person with serious physical injuries, long-term health problems, and brain damage. Suicides are often impulse decisions which may be preventable by removing the means. Limiting the availability of means such as pesticides and firearms is recommended by a World Health Report on suicide and its prevention. Early identification of mental disorders and substance abuse disorders, follow-up care for those who have attempted suicide, and responsible reporting by the media are all seen to be key in reducing the number of deaths by suicide. Hanging is the prevalent means of suicide in pre-industrial societies, and is more common in rural areas. In traditional Chinese culture, it was the most common method as it was believed that the death involved in such a death permitted the person’s spirit to haunt and torment survivors. Suicide by poisoning, also called self-poisoning, is usually classed as a drug overdose when such drugs are used as recreational drugs or recreational drugs are not readily available. The study of suicide methods aims to identify those commonly used, and the groups at risk of suicide; making methods less accessible may be useful in suicide prevention. For instance, if firearms are used in a significant number of suicides in one place, then public health policies there could focus on gun safety, such as keeping guns locked away. Parents can be educated about how to prevent the hoarding of medication for a future suicide attempt. If the first-choice suicide method is inaccessible, a method substitution may be made which may be less lethal, tending to result in fewer completed suicides.
For example, if a common method is restricted for example by making domestic gas less toxic, overall suicide rates may be suppressed for many years. About half of attempted suicides by hanging result in death. It is also a common means in rural societies where other more common suicide materials are not available in situations such as in prisons. In the Chinese culture,. suicide by hanging was used as an act of revenge by women of defiance by powerless officials, who would often use it as a way of standing still against oppressive authorities, including the use of proper attire, and would often approach the authorities ceremonially. The cause of death will either be due to strangulation or a broken neck. This is usually the case in Chinese culture when people are in pain, and it is often used as a ceremonially approach to the death of people who have been oppressed by the authorities. The use of a plastic suicide bag can also be used to prevent people from committing suicide by suffocation, which may involve asphyxia and eventually hypoxia. This may involve the using of a ligature such as a rope or cord attached to an anchor point with the other end used to form a noose placed around the neck. It can also involve the partial suspension of the body rather than the full suspension used in hanging. The method of suffocation involves restricting breathing or the amount of oxygen taken in, causing asphyxiation. This compresses the carotid arteries, preventing the supply of oxygen to the brain, resulting in unconsciousness.
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