Home Therapeutic Services OnLine Therapy Forums Resource Center Newsletter About HopeAllianz Mental Illness Is A Family Affair . Skills Distress Tolerance Skills Mental Health Dictionary Suicide Prevention FREE Newsletter Suicide Prevention Information provided is for educational purposes only, and should not be used as a substitue for seeking professional help when you have suicidal thoughts, issues with emotional distress or mental health. . When the Worst Has Happened Explaining Suicide to Children Recovering From Grief and Loss Reading Resources Suicide Resources . Research has shown little evidence that there is predictability from one stage to the next, nor do these stages constitute a continuum of lethality or seriousness.
Suicide is an intentional taking of one's own life.
It combines a wish to be dead with the action that carries out that wish. Prevalence of Suicide Sucide Among the Young Suicide Among the Elderly . . More people die from suicide than from homicide in the United States. Males are at least four times more likely to die from suicide than females. However, females are more likely to attempt suicide than are males.