... self-murder, felo de se."" Suicidology combines knowledge and the methods of inquiry from several fields such as psychology, psychiatry, physiology and sociology for the research, treatment and prevention of suicide. Naturally, suicidologists have their own definition of suicide. A suicidological definition of suicide is concerned mostly with the causes of suicide, and not much by which instances of death qualify as a suicide. Edwin Shneidman, a central figure in the field ... serotonin responses in depressed and suicidal patients. They found that serotonin release increased brain metab...

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