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Terminal lucidity (also known as rallying, terminal rally, the rally, end-of-life-experience, energy surge, the surge, or pre-mortem surge) [1] is an unexpected return of consciousness, mental clarity or memory shortly before death in individuals with severe psychiatric or neurological disorders.
Suicide related behavior is a self-inflicted, potentially injurious behavior for which there is evidence either that: (a) the person wished to use the appearance of intending to kill themselves in order to attain some other end; or (b) the person intended at some undetermined or some known degree to kill themselves. [4]
For example, faced with a pressing scholastic assessment, someone may choose to sabotage their work rather than cope with the stress. This would make submission of (or passing) the assessment impossible, but remove the worry associated with it. [8] Self-destructive behavior may also manifest itself in an active attempt to drive away other people.
An illness which is lifelong but not fatal is called a chronic condition. Terminal patients have options for disease management after diagnosis. Examples include caregiving, continued treatment, palliative and hospice care, and physician-assisted suicide. Decisions regarding management are made by the patient and their family, although medical ...
Suicidal ideation, or suicidal thoughts, is the thought process of having ideas, or ruminations about the possibility of completing suicide. [1] It is not a diagnosis but is a symptom of some mental disorders, use of certain psychoactive drugs, and can also occur in response to adverse life circumstances without the presence of a mental disorder.
It is a term adopted by an influential group of pharmaceutical executives and academic scientists to describe potentially fatal bleeding and swelling in the brain caused by drugs like Leqembi.
For example, suicide rates have been found to be greater in households with firearms than those without them. [64] Socio-economic problems such as unemployment, poverty, homelessness, and discrimination may trigger suicidal thoughts. [65] [66] Suicide might be rarer in societies with high social cohesion and moral objections against suicide. [37]
Shooting the same amount of heroin the addict was used to before treatment can more easily lead to a fatal overdose. Three counties in Northern Kentucky — Campbell, Kenton and Boone — are among the hardest hit by the state’s heroin crisis. In 2013, those counties had 93 fatal heroin-related overdoses, according to coroner records.