SOCL 3501 Study Guide - List Of Sovereign States By Suicide Rate, Homicide, Individualism
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Intentionally causing your own death: how much, measurement issues, threatenors, attempters, completers, quick question, depression is the leading cause of suicide. Millions of people suffer from depression: teenagers have the highest rate of suicide in the us. False, the elderly do: suicide rates peak in the winter. False, they tend to peak in the summer/spring. Seasonal defective during winter time they hang around family/friends so they are more likely to pick up on cues. Sluggish in the winter and renewed energy in the spring: suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the us, 3rd leading cause in adolescence, people who talk about committing suicide are unlikely to do it. False, people used to think that is someone talked about suicide they wouldn"t do it: suicide in the us, each year around 30,000-50,000 deaths are classified as suicide. In order to classify a death as a suicide we have to know their intent.
