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• Suicide Related Terms

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• Egoistic Suicide

Type caused by lack of social ties (Durkheim).



• Egotic Suicide

Caused by an intrapersonal problem (Shneidman).



• Enshrinement

Idealization of a dead child by the parent(s).



• Equivocal Death

Indeterminate cause (suicide vs. other).



• Existential Suicide

Completing suicide because "life isn't worth it."



• Experimental Action

Gradual progression to a lethal act by an ambivalent SUICIDAL individual (Clark).