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Article: Suicide
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- Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
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Suicide
Who Commits Suicide?
What Factors Make People More Likely to Commit Suicide?
What Are the Signs That a Person Is Thinking of Committing Suicide?
Why Do People Commit Suicide?
If You Suspect Someone Is Suicidal
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Suicide is the intentional taking of a person
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s own life
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As shocking as it may seem, in the United States every year there are more suicides than murders and twice as many suicides as deaths from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Yet suicide gets far less press than murder or AIDS. Why? It may be because talking about suicide makes people very uncomfortable, ...