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How do you tell the difference between a drug overdose from suicide attempt?

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Often impossible: Someone taking a sedating drug may unthinkingly take too many pills. We need to look at the life circumstances and what else the person was saying and doing to determine whether there was intent to harm oneself.

Dr Shapiro agreed

Answered 8/5/2014

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