Crime And Suicide Essay

VIOLENCE: SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO MENTAL DISORDERS

Introduction:

The regular instances of criminal activities which involves harming or killing someone else (Homicide) or killing oneself (Suicide) is a common occurrence which at many instances can be attributed to some sort of mental disorder. Not all patients having one or another form of mental disorder displays aggressiveness enough that can lead to homicide, or at the other end of spectrum is so overwhelmed with hopelessness that the patient eventually comes to end his/her life. But, there is evidences which indicate that there is increased probability of these occurrences among individuals suffering from a mental disorder.

There are other criminal activities such as rape and other form of violation of criminal law which can be associated with some or other form of mental disorder.

SUICIDE

Suicide can be defined as an attempt to end one’s own life via inflicting oneself with some sort of injury which can lead to adverse health condition and eventually death of the patient. Various method that are employed at different occasions are Self-hanging, poisoning, gun fire, jumping from height etc. The occurrence of suicide is higher among certain cohort of population such as adolescents, elderlies, professionals, and people suffering from mental disorders. We attempt to cover various mental illnesses that can be associated with increased occurrences of suicide.

The suicidal tendency can be classified according to outcome into following:

 Suicidal ideations

 Suicidal plans

 Suicide attempts

Identification and prevention of hideous outcomes in future is one of the foremost responsibility of different organizations including law-enforcers and health professio...

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...his should not preclude the legal interventions.

 The act of homicide or accidents Performed after consumption of substance of abuse might not be committed with full insight, but these acts are still punishable by law.

 Anti-androgen medications such as medroxyprogesterone acetate decrease testosterone levels and can reduce deviant sexual perversions in individuals having various paraphilia’s.

 Reporting of incidents of domestic abuse and child abuse is usually failed on part of victim as they are apprehensive due to many issues. Such patients have to be reassured about social support system and encouraged to talk.

 Those who are covering for medical professional and keeping a watch over suicidal tendency patient need to be properly educated and should be provided with proper guidelines. Slight neglect on their part can have grave outcomes.