Suicide Methods
A suicide method is any means by which a person purposely commits suicide, taking his or her own life. Suicide methods can be classified according to two modes of interrupting one's life processes: physical or chemical. Physical modes of interruption typically act by incapacitating the respiratory system or the central nervous system, usually by destruction of one or more key components. Chemical modes focus on interrupting biologically significant processes such as cellular respiration or diffusion capacity. Chemical methods of suicide produce latent evidence of action, whereas physical methods provide direct evidence.
Read more about Suicide Methods: Bleeding, Drowning, Suffocation, Hypothermia, Electrocution, Jumping From Height, Firearms, Hanging, Vehicular Impact, Poison, Disease, Immolation, Ritual Suicide, Starvation, Dehydration, Explosion, Suicide Attack, Indirect Suicide
Famous quotes containing the words suicide and/or methods:
“Allow me to say that I would long since have committed suicide had desisting made me a professor of Latin.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“All men are equally proud. The only difference is that not all take the same methods of showing it.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)