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- 1. Public Suicide and Prevention
By Lauren Miano - 2. Suicides by age group
Statistics provided by American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (2007) - 3. Rutgers
Wesleyan - 4. Nora Miller
September 13, 2010 - 5. The cruelty to which you subject your body in this method is
only one of its shocking features. Theres also the will to leave in
a public or semi-public setting your charred corpse. The reality is
that were shocked senseless by self-immolation, especially when, as
in these cases, it has no political or spiritual motive. Without
those motives were forced back on sheer vindictive rage against
oneself, against the world. --- Margaret Solten, English Professor
at George Washington University
- 6. At least 90 percent of people who kill themselves have a
diagnosable and treatable psychiatric illnesses -- such as major
depression, bipolar depression, or some other depressive illness,
including:
- Schizophrenia
- 7. Alcohol or drug abuse, particularly when combined with depression
- 8. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, or some other anxiety disorder
- 9. Bulimia or anorexia nervousa
- 10. Personality disorders especially borderline or antisocial