Suicide is the number-one cause of injuryrelated death in the United States.

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Suicide is the number-one cause of injuryrelated death in the United States.

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INTRODUCTION

Suicide is where the individual ends his life with the will of his own. In his concept of suicide, Durkheim defined it as the action that is influenced by the power that exists above or below the individual. All types of deaths are caused due to the positive and negative consequences of the individual's actions.

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Suicide became the number one of injury-related deaths in the united states. Due to the rapid individualism and the several societal influences on individuals' actions, suicide rates have gone high in the united states. Several factors are leading to these consequences but are not due to the discrimination of race, ethnicity & gender.

Prior Suicide attempt: the suicide attempt that was earlier done due to the previous timeframe factors is carried forward to the present day, psychologically influencing even in the current day to commit suicide.

Depression: Depression has become a major factor in modern society.  Due to rapid individualism and the social exclusion of people, people are entering into depression irrespective of their age and education level, leading to mental disorders. These are leading to the consequence of suicide.

Family violence& history of mental illness: The family history of the mental disorder is also leading to the inheritance of these medical issues to the younger generations leading to suicide attempts. Family violence, which is physical or abusive, has a major imprint in the individual's psyche due to the family's role expectations on the individual leading to the unsatisfactoriness of the behavior of the individual by him/her.

Possession of arms: Due to the possession of arms in the households, lack of knowledge of utilizing it leading to the suicide of the younger generations. 

 

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