Suicide Suicide is the ninth leading cause of death in the United States (www.rochford.org). According to Webster's Dictionary, suicide is "the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally especially by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind." Suicide has taken the lives of over 30, 000 people in the U.S., which is more than the victims of homicide. Men are likely to die from committing suicide than females and white males have the highest suicide rate (www.psycom.net). According to the authors of www.psycom.net, there are various reasons for committing sui....

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