You are right Wish..they no longer use the words "committed suicide"
The preferred list in talking about suicide is

Died by suicide
Took his own life
Lost him to depressive illness
Made a bad choice
He couldn't see any options
Couldn't feel our love because of depression
He wasn't able to tell us how bad he felt
He wasn't able to reach out for help
His "emotional" system failed
Died of depression which resulted in suicide


The Self-Study Mannual for Facilitating a Suicide Bereavement Support group is just excellent...view the CD if you get a chance. Or have you?