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Serious is not the same as fatal. People who aren’t being listened to sometimes take an overdose as a cry for help, expecting to be found. They still go to ho
by zepto 5y ago
Serious is not the same as fatal.
People who aren’t being listened to sometimes take an overdose as a cry for help, expecting to be found. They still go to hospital.
That is quite different from shooting yourself in the head.
- slipframe 5y agoWe're talking about suicide attempts right? So yes, not fatal, obviously.
- zepto 5y agoNo - the context from upthread is this: > Suicide attempts have always been way more frequent among women/girls, whereas men/boys actually commit suicide more often.
- slipframe 5y agoSure... but I was responding to the assertion that the discrepancy in suicide attempts comes from suicide attempts being over-counted. I don't think that holds water.
- Dylan16807 5y agoIf you're expecting to be found, it's arguable how much that counts as a suicide attempt.
- zepto 5y agoIt shouldn’t, but it does because hospitals only see an overdose and don’t have access to the patients prior beliefs.