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Suicide ranks among the top 10 causes of death for individuals of all ages in most countries.¹ It is also among the 2 or 3 leading causes of death for those aged 15 to 34 years.¹ In the United States, suicide accounts for over 30,000 deaths annually.² In Japan, there are more than 20,000 suicides a year, twice as many as the number of traffic fatalities.³ Although suicide is not a logical response to extreme stress, typical stressors associated with suicide acts include adverse events in one's life.⁴ Suicide victims have often encountered more changes in terms of living conditions, work problems, and humiliating experiences than most of the population.⁵ For example, bereavement involving a close interpersonal relationship in the few years preceding suicide has been more common among suicide victims than among the general population.⁶

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