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Causes of suicide and its prevention

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        Causes of suicide and its prevention   Introduction –> Suicide  is killing yourself on purpose, dying at your own hand. Some people kill themselves by accident, but that’s not  suicide , it’s just clumsy and unfortunate. Suicide  is defined as death caused by self-directed injurious behaviour with intent to die because of the behaviour. The word  suicide  breaks down into the Latin words  sui  and  caldera , which together translate to “kill oneself.” However, not all suicides are about the final end of life. For example, a righteous politician can commit political suicide by speaking publicly about an unpopular topic. We call a person who has killed himself a  suicide , and a police report might tell how many suicides happen in a city each year.                       A  suicide attempt  is a non-fatal, self-directed, potentially injurious behaviour with intent to die as a result of the behaviour. A suicide a