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Historically, suicide terminology has been rife with issues of nomenclature, connotation, and outcomes, [1] [2] and terminology describing suicide has often been defined differently depending on the purpose of the definition (e.g., medical, legal, administrative).
The term "life-threatening" in the context of a serious adverse event refers to an event in which the patient was at risk of death at the time of the event; it does not refer to an event which hypothetically might have caused death if it were more severe. [3]
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [b] is a mental and behavioral disorder [8] that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on a person's life or well-being.
Although self-harm is by definition non-suicidal, it may still be life-threatening. [6] People who do self-harm are more likely to die by suicide, [3] [7] and self-harm is found in 40–60% of suicides. [8] Still, only a minority of those who self-harm are suicidal. [9] [10] The desire to self-harm is a common symptom of some personality disorders.
Akathisia is also associated with threatening behaviour and physical aggression in mentally disordered patients. [8] However, the attempts to find potential links between akathisia and emerging suicidal or homicidal behaviour were not systematic and were mostly based on a limited number of case reports and small case series. [9]
A medical emergency is an acute injury or illness that poses an immediate risk to a person's life or long-term health, sometimes referred to as a situation risking "life or limb". These emergencies may require assistance from another, qualified person, as some of these emergencies, such as cardiovascular (heart), respiratory, and ...
Dangers to life and health are serious enough that emergency response systems are considered vital. Emergency slides are deployed after the crash landing of British Airways Flight 38 An emergency is an urgent, unexpected, and usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health , life , property , or environment and requires ...
A threatening note that was left in the mailbox of Holyoke, Massachusetts Mayor Edwin A. Seibel in 1955.. A death threat is a threat, often made anonymously, by one person or a group of people to kill another person or group of people.