Child Suicide Case Study

On October 5, 2016, Fowlerville High School freshman, Brendan Kangas, committed suicide. His whole school and community was struck with grief, previously unaware of Brendan’s battle with depression. The next day school was held on schedule, and it was a very unproductive day. According to the faculty, kids were crying in classrooms, and uninstructed teachers did not know how to handle the situation (Brent). Many Fowlerville students have struggled academically, unable to cope with the news of Brendan’s death. Fowlerville was not prepared to handle such a crisis and administrators were unaware of the effect Brendan’s suicide would have on the school. Since then, several other students in Brendan’s community have attempted to take their lives as well (Brent). Suicide has not only a problem in

This quote is significant because it shows just how passionate Jessica is about running. Jessica loves running and giving it up is her worst nightmare. She is forced to give it up, and she tells herself that she’ll never run again, she may never even walk. She constantly thinks back to when she could run. She has given up on herself, but eventually learns that she can get through it.

favorite items, and how they laid in the ashes of her burnt house. However, she also blesses God for

Although running may not seem like a big sport like football, basketball or soccer, it takes a lot of courage, heart and strength to be able to run. In the article called “Cool like me” by Donnell Alexander he says, “cool is finding the essential soul, while being essentially lost”. When we feel stressed and feel like we want time for ourselves away from society, running is a solution. Running is not just considered a sport, running is a lifestyle that people choose to live. It makes them feel good, look good and it makes them happy.

Madison Peterman, was a nine year old, bright and enthusiastic little girl from Milford, Delaware. In April 2009, tragedy struck our church family when Madison, her best friend Hannah, and her grandmother Mrs. Peterman succumbed to injuries sustained from a motor vehicle accident. Madison was passionate about showing the love of Jesus to everyone she met and dreamed of going on a work and witness trip to Jamaica. She wanted to inspire hope and courage to other children in other parts of the world. Maddy was a part of our churches puppet ministry and enjoyed sharing Bible stories to other little children through the gift of puppetry.

Twelve students, one teacher, two murderers dead, and twenty-one injured in Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. The perpetrators Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, were both intelligent, but had issues getting along with other students at Columbine high school. However seemingly normal, both were deeply disturbed, hating everyone but a handful of people, in journals found Klebold had been contemplating suicide since 1997, and both have been thinking about a massacre in April of 1998, a full year before it happened. The both of them had been arrested for breaking into a van on January 30, 1998, they had convinced people that they felt guilty for the break in, but behind the scene planned a large scale massacre. The plan of the massacre was

Leah Turner is a 17-year-old girl who has recently lost her mother due to cancer at Toronto General Hospital this past January. The whole family was devasted by this tragedy and had troubles coping through the pain. During this time, Leah was in University full-time, four hours away from her father and younger sister. It was hard for her to concentrate on

The jurisdiction of the Hannover Institute of Legal medicine unveiled three cases of lethal child neglect under a short five-month period. During the recent years, only a few of the autopsies performed were cases involving fatal child neglect. The three cases occurring within months was purely coincidental. However, the jurisdiction used this opportunity for evaluating the similarities and differences from each case. One of the cases, specifically number three, was about a mother of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl that told her lawyer that she found her daughter lying dead in her apartment for several weeks. Supposedly she found her daughter lying lifeless on her bed at night. This poor child did not have a medical history, which leads to

The running provides an escape where Smith can think comprehensively about parts of his life more thoroughly than any other time. This mode of stress release leaves Smith alone with his thoughts and cements his philosophies and ideas on life void of the distractions of the others at the reform school. Some of his best thinking transpires while running, “And this long-distance running lark is the best of all, because it makes me think so good that I learn things…” (1207). Not only does he think profoundly about life on his runs, Smith could compare his life to his long distance runs. Unsurprisingly, Smith does not rush through life and neglect the things that please him in search of a societal destination. Instead, Smith roots himself in the idea of living in the moment and connecting with any impulse, he may possess. Not thinking of the future, Smith treats life decisions synonymous to long-distance running. Without a final destination, Smith does not think about speed or times of acceleration or pacing; no end game or final destination that he must prepare for, instead he just runs the speed he wants when he wants. In life, Smith sees no final destination, no point in life he wants to be at at a certain time, he only knows what he wants and when he wants to get it. A life as a run leaves behind forethought and

Mr. Morris is a 36 year old male who presented to the ED with Suicidal ideation without a plan. Before the assessment QP received a call from the patient's mother who informed QP her primary concern with her son is his substance abuse and recent thought of self harm. She reports he has expressed suicidal ideation the past few weeks since he has returned to her home. At the time of the assessment Mr. Morris denies suicidal ideation, history of attempts, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. He does reports a history of PTSD from seeing his uncle get killed in 1999, however no mental health hospitalizations. Mr. Morris states, "No, Not really thinking about harming myself, just situational stuff." He continues to state, "I just don't see the point of living sometimes, with all the stuff been going with me these past few months, but I have 2 daughter to live for and the people who do care about me." He reports consuming alcohol most of the day and feelings of depression for the past 3 weeks. His

Mental health is a common disorder that anyone in the population can suffer from. Mental health disorders range from anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and even suicidal behaviour(http://rnao.ca/sites/rnao-ca/files/Assessment_and_Care_of_Adults_at_Risk_for_Suicidal_Ideation_and_Behaviour_0.pdf). While mental health disorders occur within then general population, it has been identified that nurses are a group of health professionals that are more prone to mental health problems, including depression and suicide risk (http://www.scielo.br/pdf/reeusp/v49n6/0080-6234-reeusp-49-06-1027.pdf). During my research, I discovered a case of a lead nurse Stuart who was employed at Walsall, United Kingdom. After 15 years of working that that hospital Stuart took his own life. It was believed that his suicide was a consequence of workplace pressures. Many people believed his suicide was due to long hours, lack of support, and negative patient situations (http://www.springerpub.com/w/nursing/blog-a-nurses-suicide/).

I agree with you Cynthia that it is very difficult for Evan's parent to understand why their child committed suicide. They tried anything they can to help Evan. They took Evan to a psychiatrist and there was time that Evan was admitted in the psychiatric hospital. His parents were very supported during his treatment. Sadly, there was no discussion in the movie mention about suicide prevention and how to maintain safety in the house for Evan. Although Evan's illness was managed, suicide screening is also an important prevention. Evan is considered high risk of suicide because of many contributing factors, such as many previous attempts in his childhood, history of uncle who committed suicide, bipolar disorder, and taking antidepressant medication.

Suicide is a major problem worldwide; especially for teenagers. Self image plays a big roll in American society today, especially in enabling someone to make a wrong and destructive decision like suicide. Self image and low esteem effect the chances of a teenagers suicide greatly. There are many events that lead up to a young persons suicide, for instance a little problem that seems inescapable which manifests themselves into overwhelming burdens. Detection and prevention are both key for adults and young people to stop suicide from happening.

Youth Suicide Introduction Suicide is a tragic event. It has a profound personal effect on all associated with the person who died. Families, friends and society as a whole are affected. There is a particular poignancy when the suicide is that of a young person at the threshold of life. Australia has the fifth highest suicide rate per 100 000 persons in the world.

Suicide is currently the 10th leading cause of death in the United States (Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury, 2017). On average, 121 Americans complete suicide each day (CDC Fatal Injuries Report 2015, 2015). The American people are living longer with advances to medical care and technology, yet suicide rates continue to rise. According to the CDC, suicide rates have increased by 24% from the year 1999 to 2014 (Curtain, Warner & Hedegaard, 2016). Consequently, the suicide epidemic continues to grow with no clear path to prevention. This literature review was conducted using the Robert Morris University Library online databases. Databases accessed include PubMed…………., from the years 2000 to 2017. Overall, most the articles obtained are