A teenager's hands and arms are covered with self-inflicted burns, and the teenager seems almost addicted to this destructive behavior. The self-inflicted burns would MOST likely be classified as:
A) self-injury, a variety of Edwin Shneidman's "subintentional death" classification.
B) self-injury, which is not a variety of Edwin Shneidman's "subintentional death" classification.
C) a variety of Edwin Shneidman's "death darer" classification.
D) a variety of Edwin Shneidman's "death seeker" classification.
Ans: A) self-injury, a variety of Edwin Shneidman's "subintentional death" classification.
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