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suicide

Definition for suicide

noun as in self-murder

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True to that ideal, “The Celebration” brings a thrilling, appalling immediacy to its story of a wealthy patriarch’s 60th birthday party, shadowed by a suicide and derailed by the disclosure of a disturbing secret.

A spokeswoman for Meta Platforms said the study was conducted before the company introduced updates to make its AI safer for teens, especially regarding topics of self-harm, suicide and eating disorders.

They called the California suicide hotline, where a volunteer told them to contact his school.

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Multiple studies have found that certain descriptors and details, particularly those connected to the specific method by which a person died, may have a harmful effect on people struggling with thoughts of suicide.

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Masking is strongly correlated with depression, anxiety and suicide.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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