Suicide is different from an impulsive act of self harm.
It is where a person has planned to end their life. In most completed suicides, steps have been taken to ensure that the person is not discovered until after the event. However, many people contemplating suicide do try to raise the subject with a relative, friend or doctor.
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The highest rates of suicide in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are amongst young men living on their own - often after a relationship breakdown and during a period of unemployment. About 1% of deaths in the UK are due to suicide, this number is higher for people who are:
| • | Experiencing depression |
| • | Abuse drugs or alcohol |
| • | Surviving schizophrenia or other major mental illness |
| • | Isolated from family and friends |
| • | Recently bereaved or grieving; not just for a person, but a job loss or failure |
| • | Have long-term physical illness |
| • | Self harming |
| • | Do not see a future |
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