willful self-inflicted life-threatening act without apparent desire to live; implicit are two basic components lethality and intent. Albert Camus also did some work in this field. He believed that whether one can live or chooses to live is the only truly serious philosophical problem. He also claimed that man created a god in order to be able to live without a wish to kill himself and that the only human liberty is to come to terms with death. He introduced Darwinian thought into his teachings. Suicide myths Here is a list of suicide myths and the truth behind these myths. See also Suicide prevention Depression Euthanasia Psychology Psychiatry Philosophy of suicide List of suicides American Association of Suicidology References External links Samaritans Suicide info The Irish Association of Suicidology The National Suicide Research Foundation of Ireland The American Association of Suicidology Journals related to suicidology Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Psychiatric research Interdisciplinary subfields of sociology Suicide prevention