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:
“What man who carries a heavenly soul in him, has not groaned to perceive, that unless he committed a sort of suicide as to the practical things of this world, he never can hope to regulate his earthly conduct by that same heavenly soul?”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)