The Suizid (Latin suicidium of sua manu caedere = with own hand fell), also self or free death or in former times Selbstentleibung mentioned, is the willentliche completion of the own life by a certain action or by omitting an action (e.g. Nichteinnahme of vital medicines and/or food and/or liquid). The term suicide, which is partly consciously not used however, in order to avoid associations with crimes ("„murder "“, is more common). Contrary to the murder the self is however not punishable and thus also in many countries no crime.

Causes and forms

Suizid is in most cases the symptom of a depression, relatives a psychological disturbance like e.g. the bipolar disturbance, other heavy illnesses or handicaps, which humans concerned would not like to bear any longer longer. About ninety per cent of the completed Suizide and about sixty per cent of the Suizidversuche are undertaken by persons, with whom appropriate impairments are diagnosable. Suizide for other reasons (e.g. than consequence of a "“face loss"” or a life crisis) are relatively rare against it.

Sometimes the Suizid is the last way out of humans of a life, which is certain of physical pain and suffering, which with no means of the medical sciences lindern leaves itself. If no hope insists on Linderung, some prefers a gentle dying to a sorrowful life. In these cases the persons concerned often look for an expert assistance, that makes pain and sufferless dying for them possible. The Sterbehilfe by strange hand is every now and then their last (and often by the legal situation refused) hope.

In rarer cases the killing third (usually partners and children) precedes a Suizid; in these cases one often speaks of an extended Suizid. This term is however disputed, since the killing is not other Suizid. Also the Amoklauf is often also coincidental as special case "“extended"” Suizids to see, with, the author not well-known humans is concerned.

The Suizid is likewise comparatively rare in form of the self sacrificing, in order to achieve a certain goal (Kamikaze) or a thing be helpful due to a genuine or alleged lack of alternatives (suicide assassins). Where exactly the border lies to the endangering or also to the hurting behavior, is partly difficult to constitute: Thus many humans act latently with a boron the LINE personality disturbance with risky drives suizidal, in addition, not at all rare obeying of military, risky instructions into a situation almost offering no prospects inside, e.g. in the form of Ascension Day commands so mentioned, can almost be suizidal.

With the Suizid sciences are concerned such as psychiatry, psychology, sociology, philosophy, theology and jurisprudence. Besides there are the practical beginnings for the and support those, which survived a Suizidversuch.

Linguistic

Frequently the Suizid is called suicide or free death. Both designations can bring however a moral evaluation into the term: Suicide a tabuisierende and a kriminalisierende, free death a heroisierende. A neutral designation is self . A Suizid implementing person is called Suizident (suicide).

In the scientific technical language and in vocational handling the concerning the word Suizid is usually preferred, in which legal technical language frequently the expression self , which describes only the procedure, not the motives.

Generally linguistic usage is usually used suicide. The word comes from a time, as in the German linguistic area (tried) of the Suizid still punishable and morally outlawed was and designation therefore literally the self as crime ("„murder "“) actually. Probably it decreases/goes back to an expression Martin Luther ("„to be selbs murderers "“, 1527). Today the term is felt however detached of this original importance to a large extent and does not wake under normal conditions intuitively not the association with a crime.

The designation free death contains on the other hand the thought of the free choice between lives and death, a discharge of the right of self-determination of humans. Of humans, who intend a Suizid, own death is mostly seen however as the only possible way out. The freedom of choice of a suizidalen person is usually strongly reduced. Therefore the designation free death is likewise rejected by many scientists. That meanwhile that the liberty of the decision for own death was not less problematic in the deeper sense any more and than the liberty of every other decision also, therefore the question, how "„" a free death was free, could be held out not detached of both philosophically and scientifically only very heavily to crucial question of the free will to actually treat itself would leave. Beyond that the term free death protects the respect for the persons concerned, which neither when using the term suicide is, still with the fashionable Pathologisierungen of the phenomenon the case.

In the science the durable income is seen of alcohol, other drugs, anorexia nervosa or extreme fat craze also than "“Suizid on rates"”. Here of a chronic Suizid one speaks.

See also: hurting behavior

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