On 2016 Apr 13, Manoochehr Karami commented:

Title: Death Suicide: Stop Saying "Completed Suicide"

Authors: Manoochehr Karami(PhD)Social Determinants of Health Research Center and Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.

Ali Ghaleiha(MD) Behavioral Disorders and Substance Abuse Research Center &Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

The World Health Organization has considered suicide as a serious public health problem with more than 800000 deaths annually worldwide (1). Researchers use different terms including "Died by Suicide", "Committed Suicide" and "Completed Suicide" for attempted suicide leading to death (2-5). Among these, completed suicide is the most popular term, especially during the recent years. Although "Completed Suicide" is more accurate to indicate outcome of attempted suicide, "Death Suicide" is an alternative term without second thought to replace "Completed Suicide". In conclusion, authors, journal editors and readers are advised to consider "Death Suicide" to avoid ambiguity and misclassification of suicide cases.

References:

1. World Health Organization. Suicide Fact sheet N°398 2015 [cited 2015 August]. Available from: http://who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs398/en/.

2. Khazaei S, Karami M, Sohailzade M, Sohrabnegad A. Determinants of complete suicide: A cross sectional study. Journal of Ilam University of Medical Sciences. 2013;21(6):240-7.

3. Pallaskorpi SK, Isometsa ET, Henriksson MM, Suominen KH, Lonnqvist JK. Completed suicide among subjects receiving psychotherapy. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2005;74(6):388-91.

4. Suominen K, Isometsa E, Suokas J, Haukka J, Achte K, Lonnqvist J. Completed suicide after a suicide attempt: A 37-year follow-up study. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2004;161(3):562-3.

5. Wu A, Wang JY, Jia CX. Religion and Completed Suicide: a Meta-Analysis. Plos One. 2015;10(6).

On 2016 Apr 13, Manoochehr Karami commented:

Title: Death Suicide: Stop Saying "Completed Suicide"

Authors: Manoochehr Karami(PhD)Social Determinants of Health Research Center and Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.

Ali Ghaleiha(MD) Behavioral Disorders and Substance Abuse Research Center &Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

The World Health Organization has considered suicide as a serious public health problem with more than 800000 deaths annually worldwide (1). Researchers use different terms including "Died by Suicide", "Committed Suicide" and "Completed Suicide" for attempted suicide leading to death (2-5). Among these, completed suicide is the most popular term, especially during the recent years. Although "Completed Suicide" is more accurate to indicate outcome of attempted suicide, "Death Suicide" is an alternative term without second thought to replace "Completed Suicide". In conclusion, authors, journal editors and readers are advised to consider "Death Suicide" to avoid ambiguity and misclassification of suicide cases.

References:

1. World Health Organization. Suicide Fact sheet N°398 2015 [cited 2015 August]. Available from: http://who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs398/en/.

2. Khazaei S, Karami M, Sohailzade M, Sohrabnegad A. Determinants of complete suicide: A cross sectional study. Journal of Ilam University of Medical Sciences. 2013;21(6):240-7.

3. Pallaskorpi SK, Isometsa ET, Henriksson MM, Suominen KH, Lonnqvist JK. Completed suicide among subjects receiving psychotherapy. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2005;74(6):388-91.

4. Suominen K, Isometsa E, Suokas J, Haukka J, Achte K, Lonnqvist J. Completed suicide after a suicide attempt: A 37-year follow-up study. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2004;161(3):562-3.

5. Wu A, Wang JY, Jia CX. Religion and Completed Suicide: a Meta-Analysis. Plos One. 2015;10(6).