SUICIDE AND

PARASUICIDE
Group I - Pythagoras
What is Suicide?
◦ Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.  
Mental disorders, including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, 
personality disorders, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse—including 
alcoholism and the use of benzodiazepines—are risk factors. Some suicides
are impulsive acts due to stress, such as from financial difficulties,
relationship problems such as breakups, or bullying.
◦ The most commonly used method of suicide varies between countries, and
is partly related to the availability of effective means. Common methods of
suicide include hanging, pesticide poisoning, and firearms.
◦ Suicides resulted in 828,000 global deaths in 2015, an increase from
712,000 deaths in 1990. This makes suicide the 10th 
leading cause of death worldwide.
What is Parasuicide?
◦A suicide attempt in which a person does not intend to die is
otherwise called as parasuicide.
◦It is often a cry for help meaning, the person wants others to
know what he or she is feeling.
◦Despite this, parasuicide should be taken seriously because it
may also lead to death.
How to recognize a “Suicidal”?
◦Talking about suicide or death
◦Writing farewell letters or giving away valuable things to their
friends and siblings
◦Showing changes in behavior, moods and feelings
◦And if they start to wear black-colored shirts and lose weight
Statistics in Suicide and
Parasuicides
◦According to 2015 data from the 
Global Burden of Disease Study, suicide rates in the
Philippines are up to 1.9 for females, 5.8 for males, and
3.8 for both sexes for every 100,000 of the general
population. Data from the same study in 2016 sheds
light upon our mental health problems: we have close to
9 million prevalent cases of mental, neurological, and
substance use disorders, 3.3 million of which are anxiety
disorders, and 2.6 million of which are depression.