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The Task Force has adopted the following terminology recommended in S.K. Goldsmith et al. (Eds.), Reducing
Suicide: A National Imperative (Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, 2002):
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"Suicide: Fatal self-inflicted destructive act with explicit or inferred intent to die."
"Suicide
Attempt: A non-fatal, self-inflicted destructive act with explicit or inferred intent to die."
"Suicidal Ideation:
Thoughts of harming or killing oneself."
"Suicidal Communication: Direct or indirect expressions of suicidal ideation
or of intent to harm or kill oneself, expressed verbally or through writing, artwork, or other means."
"Suicidality:
All suicide-related behaviors and thoughts including completing or attemting suicide, suicidal ideation or communications."
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The Task Force encourages use of the phrase "completing suicide"
instead of "committing suicide." The former is more consistent with the understanding that suicide is most often the outcome
of a process of debilitation.
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