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- Although the word “self-immolation” is used to mean suicide by fire, its etymology connotes “sacrifice.” In higher-income countries, suicide by fire is more likely among men with a history of mental illness. Self-immolation often reflects as much a desire to end one's life as a desire to protest a cause.
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Mar 1, 2024 · Self-immolation often reflects as much a desire to end one's life as a desire to protest a cause. Self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức. Source: Malcolm Browne /...
Mar 4, 2024 · Self-immolation, the act of setting oneself on fire, can be seen as an extreme form of a modern repertoire of protest that is both common and familiar, not just in the U.S. but in many...
Apr 25, 2024 · Many acts of self-immolation are provoked or triggered by personal crises. But in such protests, observers often only see the suicide, and seek emotional and mental health reasons to explain...
- Jon Coburn
Oct 31, 2017 · Querulous individuals tend to self-immolate in front of, or into, public buildings when no answer is given to their claims. These gestures may be both a consequence of some personal distress and triggered by a difficult social or professional context.
- Benjamin Theodore Levy, Cecile Prudent, Florian Lietard, Renaud Evrard
- 2017
Feb 27, 2024 · A man doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself on fire in front of Presidential Office. If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or text 988 to...
- Joe Hernandez
Sep 17, 2012 · Self-immolation is a deliberate, determined and painfully expressive form of individual protest. Under certain circumstances , the gesture of an individual self-immolator is enough to ignite large-scale social movements.
We summarize what is known about suicide by self-immolation in terms of its demographic and psychiatric risk factors, causes, local patterns and means employed, and points of possible intervention. Methods: We reviewed the literature for all published papers on self-immolation between 1973 and 2010.
