You know, one patient that comes to mind was a young woman You also have to remember that a sense of humor becomes important. It s not that we become totally insensitive and callous. It s a defensive style meant to work with oneself in the face of all the horrors of people doing really bad things to themselves. Many people that successfully suicide have previously made an attempt. Fifty percent of people have made numerous attempts at suicide have made prior attempts.
Men are more successful than women.
Not because men are more successful in general, but because they tend to use more violent means. In certain states where there is equal access to handguns, the prevalence is much closer together between men and women. Advancing age is a risk factor but we can t do anything to Some people have organic brain syndrome, that is acute or chronic organic brain, delirium or dementia. They realize that they are losing their mind, see what life lies ahead and don t wish to be a burden to others and they decide that they are going to kill themselves because they don t want to end up being a dement, or ament. And old people with confusion make lethal or near-lethal attempts, because it s confusion.