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Hi, I'm new here, and I need help. Is there a line that can be drawn between the different types of siucide prone individuals? Is there a difference in the genes or the environment to distinguish between the different types? Is in the brain somewhere where you can pinpoint a Kamakazi from a suicide bomber from a psychiatric patient?
rhymer
Hello there!
Search using Google and you will find authoritative answers on this topic.
Within 1 minute I found these 'risk factors for suicide':-

Previous suicide attempt
Mental disorders--particularly mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder
Co-occurring mental and alcohol and substance abuse disorders
Family history of suicide
Hopelessness
Impulsive and /or aggressive tendencies
Barriers to accessing mental health treatment
Relational, social, work, or financial loss
Physical illness
Easy Access to lethal methods, especially guns
Unwillingness to seek help because of stigma attached to mental and substance abuse disorders and/or suicidal thoughts
Influence of significant people--family members, celebrities, peers who have died by suicide--both through direct personal contact or inappropriate media representations
Cultural and religious beliefs--for instance, the belief that suicide is a noble resolution of a personal dilemma
Local epidemics of suicide that have a contagious influence
Isolation, a feeling of being cut off from other people
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QUOTE (rhymer @ Nov 07, 11:46 AM)
Hello there!
Search using Google and you will find authoritative answers on this topic.
Within 1 minute I found these 'risk factors for suicide':-

Previous suicide attempt
Mental disorders--particularly mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder
Co-occurring mental and alcohol and substance abuse disorders
Family history of suicide
Hopelessness
Impulsive and /or aggressive tendencies
Barriers to accessing mental health treatment
Relational, social, work, or financial loss
Physical illness
Easy Access to lethal methods, especially guns
Unwillingness to seek help because of stigma attached to mental and substance abuse disorders and/or suicidal thoughts
Influence of significant people--family members, celebrities, peers who have died by suicide--both through direct personal contact or inappropriate media representations
Cultural and religious beliefs--for instance, the belief that suicide is a noble resolution of a personal dilemma
Local epidemics of suicide that have a contagious influence
Isolation, a feeling of being cut off from other people

Thanks. I've looked into them. But they don't seem to help much in the way of what I'm trying to find out. I guess my questions are more in the behavioral order. Motivation, perhaps? The compelling reason behind the suicide action. And if this is a product of environment as opposed to chemical imbalances, etc. For example:
Kamkazes = Honor(?)
suicide bombers = Hatred(?)
psyquiatric patients = ...(?)
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