Suicide classification
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
According to the American Society of Suicidology, suicide can be classified based on method employed and psychiatric behavior of person committed into 10 and 8 types.
Classification:
According to the American Society of Suicidolgy, based on method employed to commit suicide, suicide can be classified into 10 types
- Cult suicide
- Euthenasia
- Copycat suicide
- Femilicide
- Internet suicide
- Mass suicide
- Murder suicide
- Suicide pact
- Suicide by cope
- Teenage suicide
Sucide can also be classified based on the psychiatric behavior of the patient committed suicide into 8 types
- Egoistic suicide
- Altruistic suicide
- Anomic suicide
- Fatalistic suicide
- Egoistic suicide
- Altruistic suicide
- Anomic suicide
- Fatalistic suicide
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