Causes Of Depression In School

“Once I got teased, I could see where the anger came from and what can make someone want to kill,” said Stefan Barone, a fourteen year old. (ABC News) The anger and depression is overwhelming and hard to control. There is no doubt that bullying cause’s suicide, and those bullied often commit acts of violence against others.

In the article Big Bad Bully by Hara Estroff Marano she discusses the main components of behavior that make up a bully, who can be a bully and why people choose to bully others. In the beginning of the article she focuses on suicide victims who could no longer take the mental, physical and emotional abuse of bullying. Marano (2017), “Months later, in Cherokee County, Georgia, 15-year-old Brian Head grew tired of the same teasing and deeds. The denouement was only slightly more remarkable. He shot himself to death—in front of his classmates. He walked to the front of the classroom and pulled the trigger.” The same teasing and deeds Marano is speaking of is being tripped in the hall, various name calling and being physically bullied. The article goes into depth of how the Western society treats bullying. We are prone to often dismiss bullying as kids being kids and, teachers are in denial that any such behavior exist in their class. However, the sad truth is that more times than not there is always a classroom bully. Because we often overlook the severity of bullying choosing to close our eyes we get a harsh reality when someone commits suicide. It forces us to acknowledge the hard truth with open eyes that we have chosen to close for too long.

A lot of teens commit suicide due to bullying because it makes them feel unwanted and lonely. When everyone is picking on them they feel like they have no friends, and no one to turn to or talk to. Also kids and high school tend not think long term and don’t look at the bigger picture. An example of this in Hamlet is when Ophelia drowns herself in the river because she thinks Hamlet doesn’t want her and that he doesn’t love her. Another example although its not in hamlet a transgender teen in Texas committed suicide because she was bullied every day at school and hated going to school as a result of that. Eventually she committed suicide because it had gotten so bad. Also, now with social media being as popular as it is almost everyone has a twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. so that could allow people to harass them on there or commit

Bullying is the cause of many suicides and deaths (Home n. pag). In McCormack’s article, he explains how many students are bullied each day and harassed to the point where they question their own self-esteem. They are no longer

Considering the research on bullying and suicidal ideation, with confidence there is a strong relationship that exist in suicidal ideation. Bullying offends and victimizations have been linked to lowliness, peer rejections, low self-esteem, and poor mental

First, many teens who commit suicide have been reported to have experienced at least some bullying. Although bullying by itself is not considered a sole catalyst for suicide, according to a research review conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But researchers did observed that youth who are bullied are more likely to suffer from

Bullying is a worldwide problem that can be linked to teen suicide. The third leading cause of death in youth is suicide, which results in nearly 4,400 deaths per year (Centers for Disease Control, 2012). At least half of these deaths are caused by bullying. Although bullying is still seen by many to be a normal part of growing up, it is a severe problem that leads to many negative effects, including suicide. Unfortunately, there is not a definitive solution to this problem. However, there are multiple ways to help teens who are contemplating suicide due to bullying: seeking immediate medical help, encouraging teens to talk, parents keeping communication open, and by parents communicating with school authorities.

Self homicide also known as suicide is a devastating incident for family, friends, and peers. Suicide is a highly common occurrence within teenagers and is the third leading cause of death for teenagers and young adults. One frequent cause of suicide is bullying. Bullying affects the minds of students and colleagues. Large amounts of students stay home everyday in fear of others taking advantage of them. Not only does bullying push toward the thoughts and attempts of suicide, it also affects the future of others, and lowers self confidence. Should bullies be seen as criminals and potentially criminally charged if their victim commits suicide?

Coming to conclusion bullying is a factor that leads to committing suicide but there is plenty of more reasons why people commit suicide, bullying is the one out of 20 reasons why people commit suicide . We cannot prevent suicide by simply preventing bullying, and we should not simply prevent bullying for fear of suicide. Though very apparent that the young girl was targeted through cellphone-based social media, it has also been reported she was hospitalized for mental health and switched schools. Hope fully I got your attention and thought of why bullying is not the only reason why people commit suicide either way we should prevent both to make others feel

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for ages 10-24. Each day in our nation, there are an average of over 5,240 attempts by young people grades 7-12. Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University. A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying. According to statistics reported by ABC News, nearly 30 percent of students are either bullies or victims of bullying, and 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying. More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, combined. According to the CDC, suicide rates are reaching epidemic levels. It is safe to say, suicide is an epidemic that we must solve.

This story is one of the many that has caught the media’s attention over recent years. Teen suicide in relation to bullying started garnering public and media attention after the Columbine and Santana High School shootings in 1999 and 2001 respectively (Ericson, n.d.). It is noted that the boys who completed these murder-suicides were bullied throughout their school careers (n.d.). In response to this observation, researchers began studying the link between bullying and suicide. Studies are now showing that bullying is an important risk factor in the ideation and completion of suicide in juveniles. Both victims and bullies are more likely to attempt suicide or have suicidal thoughts than those who are not involved in this type of violence (Hinduja and Patchin,

The most obvious victims of bullying have been assigned that exact title: the victims. These are the kids who are most likely to cut and commit suicide. In some cases, the depression and anxiety overtakes them. Add this with how stressed out they might be from school, and the results are disasterous. Now, bullying has been deemed a “serious

Childhood and teen years are the most important years in development. No matter their home life, all children have gone through some type of depression. Depression is hard on teens because of the stress of school and the decisions about the rest of their life and career. There are different types of depression. Bi polarness, major depression, and unspecified depression. Talking to an adult, counselor, or teacher, although it may seem like they don't know what you're going through, may be the best option for help. Depression is a mood disorder that causes persistent and intense feeling of sadness, hopelessness, anger, and loss of interest lasting more than a couple of weeks. It is usually caused by anxiety or anger towards a negligent or absent parent(s).

But both articles show that bullying alone does not result in direct suicide, there are some other factors which contribute a lot toward the final step of suicide. These factors include depressions, problems faced by student at home, trauma history of students. Both of these articles also provide some suggestions regarding the solution of this issue (prevention of bullying). Both articles describes that

Experience of being a victim of bullying can finally damage the mental health of students and motivate them to commit school violence. "According to statistics in two-thirds of cases of the recent school shootings, the attackers had previously been bullied" (Sampson, 2009, p.1). For most children learning process itself may already be a daily struggle and being a target for bullying at the same time can become "the straw that broke the camel's back", after which they consider suicide as the only possible solution. "A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying" (Detlor, 2010). So, due to the fact that problem of bullying negatively affects students' learning ability, their health and the entire school climate society should take definite and urgent measures to solve it.