Subintentional death: A death in which the victim plays an indirect, hidden, partial, or unconscious role.

Parasuicide: A suicide attempt that does not result in death.

Retrospective analysis: A psychological autopsy in which clinicians and researchers piece together information about a person’s suicide from the person’s past.

Crisis intervention: A treatment approach that tries to help people in a psychological crisis view their situation more accurately, make better decisions, act more constructively, and overcome the crisis.

Suicide prevention program: A program that tries to identify people who are at risk of killing themselves and to offer them crisis intervention.

Dichotomous thinking: Viewing problems and solutions in rigid “either/or” terms.

Hopelessness: A pessimistic belief that one’s present circumstances, problems, or mood will not change.

Suicide: A self-inflicted death in which the person acts intentionally, directly, and consciously.