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Introduction There are many types of human behaviors. Some human behaviors are bearable and people deal with them their whole lives. Other human behaviors are unbearable and can result in serious harm or death of a person. One such human behavior is suicide. There are many reasons why people choose to commit suicide but most often it begins with depression. People often feel helpless, hopeless, alone, empty and a range of other negative emotions when they commit suicide. In fact, according to The Journal of the American Medical Association, 95% of all suicides occur during the peak of a depressive episode when clear and rational thinking is distorted. In the body of this paper, through literature review, I hope to address the following questions: What is suicide? Why do people commit suicide? What are the warning signs of a suicidal person? How can suicide be prevented? Suicide is an issue that we as social workers will have to deal with. It is important for us as social workers to be familiar with suicide because, the way we intervention can be crucial to saving a life or loosing a life. We have to be aware of our comfort level, we need to be able to up on our crisis intervention skills, and be able to respond quickly. We m