Suicide and language: Why we shouldn't use the 'C' word

Title
Suicide and language: Why we shouldn't use the 'C' word
Publication Date
2013
Author(s)
Beaton, Susan
Forster, Peter
Maple, Myfanwy
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9398-4886
Email: mmaple2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mmaple2
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australian Psychological Society
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:12426
Abstract
Suicide is not a sin and is no longer a crime, so we should stop saying that people 'commit' suicide. We now live in a time when we seek to understand people who experience suicidal ideation, behaviours and attempts, and to treat them with compassion rather than condemn them. Part of this is to use appropriate, non-stigmatising terminology when referring to suicide.
Link
link
Citation
InPsych, 35(1), p. 30-31
ISSN
1441-8754
Start page
30
End page
31

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