Suicide

For information on prevention, see Suicide prevention. For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation).

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.^[9] Mental disorders, physical disorders, and substance abuse are common risk factors.^{[2][3][5][10]}

Suicide
Le Suicidé, c. 1877
Specialty	Psychiatry, clinical psychology, clinical social work
Usual onset	15–30 and 70+ years old[1]
Risk factors	Depression, bipolar disorder, autism, schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, alcoholism, substance abuse[2][3][4][5]
Prevention	Limiting access to methods of suicide, treating mental disorders and substance misuse, careful media reporting about suicide, improving social and economic conditions[2]
Frequency	12 per 100,000 per year[6]
Deaths	793,000 / 1.5% of deaths (2016)[7][8]