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> A lot of those deaths are reckless behavior in the face of profound depression. Which isn't suicide, but surely related. If you crawl into a bottle and kill
by Rinzler89 3y ago
> A lot of those deaths are reckless behavior in the face of profound depression. Which isn't suicide, but surely related.
If you crawl into a bottle and kill yourself with alcohol, but very slowly, over the course of months/years, is that also not suicide?
- aidenn0 3y ago1. Obviously the CDC won't count those as suicide 2. In general, making a distinction between intentional self-harm and self-harm due to recklessness can be useful in some instances.
- _nalply 3y ago2. How would you? Where's the point where the one becomes the other? (rhetoric question)
- mattmaroon 3y agoAccording to the CDC, no. But obviously they are closely related.
- inerte 3y agoI don’t think suicide statistics include cases like this.
- adamredwoods 3y agoYou cannot define intention like that, because then it could be applied to almost anything, for example, extreme overeating.