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• Seasonality

Refers to seasonal variations in SUICIDE RATES.



• Secondary Loss

Consequence of loss of loved one, e.g., a friendship.



• Secondary Prevention

Attempt to lessen the severity of a problem.



• Secondary Victimization

Negative experience of BEREAVED with relatives, media, police, etc.



• Secret Grief

See HIDDEN GRIEF.



• Selective Intervention

Preventative measures directed at group showing risk factors.



• Self-Deliverance

Rational' suicide for a 'good' reason.



• Self-Injurious Behavior (SIB)

Causing obvious tissue damage without LETHAL intent.



• Self-Mutilation

Slashing, stabbing, cutting, burning, etc. on the body by an individual.



• Serotonin

NEUROTRANSMITTER that inhibits SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR.



• Silent Suicide

Self-starvation and medical NONCOMPLIANCE by the aged.



• Situational Clues

Loss, other major life event linked with suicide RISK.



• Slow Suicide

Prolonged pattern of self-abusive, harmful behavior.



• Spiritual Abuse

Allegation by a clergyperson that suicide VICTIM is damned.



• Stimulus Event

In a SUICIDE CLUSTER the act or event felt to have motivated the subsequent deaths.



• Subintentional

Individual indirectly/unconsciously causes her/his own death.



• Suicidal

In ACUTE crisis with ideation, a plan, definite tendencies, or an attempt.



• Suicidal Behavior

SUICIDE GESTURES, attempts, and COMPLETIONS.



• Suicidal Equivalent

Dangerous, risk-taking behavior that may be life-threatening (Ayd).



• Suicidal Fantasy

Recurring SUICIDAL IDEATION involving the same or similar situation.



• Suicidal Ideation

Thoughts about completing suicide.



• Suicidal Individual

One manifesting SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR or SUICIDAL INTENT.



• Suicidal Intent

Level of individual degree of RISK of acting at a particular time.



• Suicidal Migrations

Relocation of AT-RISK individuals seeking gratification (Farber).



• Suicidal Potential

Recurrent SUICIDAL IDEATION without a specific plan (Ayd).



• Suicidal Threat

Verbal statement(s) indicating that suicide is being considered.



• Suicidality

Individual�s level of danger to her/himself (Shneidman).



• Suicide

Verb: to complete suicide (e.g., "My son suicided").



• Suicide Act

Any fatal/non-fatal intentional self-inflicted injury (O'Carroll et al.).



• Suicide Career

Individual pattern of multiple suicide attempts.



• Suicide Cluster

See SUICIDE CONTAGION.



• Suicide Completion

Individual death as outcome of the SUICIDE PROCESS.



• Suicide Contagion

Series of consecutive suicides in the same geographic area.



• Suicide Gesture

An action of self-harm indicating SUICIDAL INTENT.



• Suicide Griever

Individual experiencing traumatic effects of SUICIDE LOSS.



• Suicide Incidence

Number of cases in a given time in a given area.



• Suicide Intervention

Prevention of an imminent attempt or an in process attempt.



• Suicide Landmarks

Sites (e.g., bridges) that have become historically associated with SUICIDE COMPLETION.



• Suicide Pact

Agreement to complete suicide by two or more individuals.



• Suicide Plan

Individual strategy inclusive of time frame and MEANS to complete suicide.



• Suicide Prevalence

Cases at a given time relative to population size.



• Suicide Rate

Occurrence of suicide in a given population or community.



• Suicide Rehearsal

Try out of plan without intent to die (e.g., driving by a bridge).



• Suicide Syndrome

Long-term self-destructive life process (Gernsbacher).



• Suicide Talk

Verbal references to SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR by an AT-RISK individual.



• Suicide Zone

Transient individual period of RISK (Litman).



• Suicide-By-Cop

Provoking a police officer to shoot in self-defense.



• Suicidogenic

Causing, giving rise to suicide or SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR.



• Suicidology

The formal scientific study of suicide; multidisciplinary.



• Suidecide

(sui-decide)RATIONAL SUICIDE by a TERMINALLY ILL individual (Schmerl).



• Suisad

(sui-sad) "Killing the sadness"; replacement for term suicide (Cantor).



• Support Group

Peer resource for dealing with illness or trauma.



• Surcease Suicide

Completion to end or avoid a severe STRESSOR (Prado).



• Surviving

Living beyond the experience of a suicide or TRAUMATIC LOSS.



• Survivor Guilt

Self-blame for enduring after LOSS of loved one.



• Symbolic Loss

Loss of something intangible (e.g., relationship).



• Syndromatic Clues

Behavioral, verbal, situational indicators of suicide RISK.