Suicidal thinking and behaviour as of 600 BCE (Aesop's fables).

CONCLUSION: Evidence indicates that around 600 BCE, suicide was practised as a means of coping with self-doubt and criticism, unpleasant predicaments and inescapable physical pain. Recent scientific evidence confirms these observations. PMID: 27856767 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27856767?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australasian Psychiatry - November 16, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Davis J, Money TT, Pridmore S Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research