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Overview

According to the American Society of Suicidology, suicide can be classified based on method employed and psychiatric behavior of person committed into 10 and 8 types.

Classification:

According to the American Society of Suicidolgy, based on method employed to commit suicide, suicide can be classified into 10 types

• Cult suicide
• Euthenasia
• Copycat suicide
• Femilicide
• Internet suicide
• Mass suicide
• Murder suicide
• Suicide pact
• Suicide by cope
• Teenage suicide

Sucide can also be classified based on the psychiatric behavior of the patient committed suicide into 8 types

• Egoistic suicide
• Altruistic suicide
• Anomic suicide
• Fatalistic suicide
• Egoistic suicide
• Altruistic suicide
• Anomic suicide
• Fatalistic suicide