Categorizing suicide as a choice considered by the weak can lead to a horrible downward spiral, as once a person considers suicide, he or she may start to think of him or herself as weak, further reinforcing thoughts of inadequacy.
The observation of hospitalizations for poisonings categorized as "suicide attempts", but without the diagnosis of mood disorders deserves further analysis to ascertain that mood disorders were not present, resulting in an underestimate of the true rate.
We used item 18 of the SIS to categorize earlier suicide attempts: (1) none, (2) one or two, and (3) three or more earlier suicide attempts.
For example, any self-injurious act performed with a level of suicidal intent-even if suicidal intent is uncertain-is categorized as a suicide attempt [e.g., [ 14].
For example, case no. 4 in [ 7] involved death from a motor vehicle accident during a high-speed police chase that was categorized as a suicide death in a subsequent case series [ 3], although the method for establishing death by suicide is not explicated.
At the cellular level, the strategies of cell death may be categorized as either suicide or sabotage.
Suicide cases were categorized by sex and by age groups, excluding cases < 10 years of age.
Suicide methods were categorized as either self-injury or self-poisoning [ 42].
Asphyxiation suicides can be categorized into three types: suffocation, neck compression, and involvement of chemicals or gasses.
The pre-suicide behavior was categorized as positive (calm, happy, helpful, cuddly, etc)., negative (tense, unhappy, sad, irritated, angry, etc).
Finally, the students were asked to estimate how many suicide notes they had actually categorized correctly, and how many they thought an average student would get right.
