SOCL 2001 Lecture : Notes
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Methods of suicide people choose certain methods: more likely to see od and cutting over the attempters (could be a cry for help). They can stage a situation to be rescued: more likely to see firearms and hanging in the committers - they are fast acting and lethal. Apologetic sorry i could be a better daughter : 2. Vindictive it is your fault if you could only have accepted me : blaming me someone else, 4. Magnanimous opposite of vindictive (wanting to do good from their death: i don"t blame you, want all the best for you may donate money to charities, 5. Suicide rates: rate = (# of suicides/population) x 100,000, ex: 10 per 100,000 actual number in the us. They have an idea of being self-sufficient in the rural states. They also have a high rate of gun ownership: more whites and native americans and they have the highest rate of suicide.
