Decrease Teenage Suicide

Suicide continues to be one of the main causes of death in teens throughout America. Statistically, suicide in the second leading cause of death for those ages ten to twenty-four and around 3,470 people grades ninth to twelfth attempt suicide each day in the United States (Youth Suicide Statistics 1). The reason for these people wanting to take their life is unknown, however, divorce of parents, formation of a new family, or moving to a new community, are common reasons for suicide. On the other hand, those who battle depression or develop depression increase the risk of a suicide attempt. People may think that everything is going wrong and dying is the only solution; but people will always be willing to help. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem and nothing is worth taking your own life over.

Yesterday, 16-year-old Rachel decided to commit suicide-- an all too common increased trend in America as suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds (“Teen Suicide Is Preventable”). Rachel felt like she could not handle her life anymore. Her parents were in the process of getting a divorce, she was being bullied at school, was having trouble succeeding in academics and co-curricular activities, and was recently been diagnosed with depression. So, in a desperate attempt to make all her problems go away, she took several pills and ended her life. Now, what caused Rachel specifically to take this drastic step and end her life? Was it her home life? Her school

For many the concept of teenage suicide is almost always correlated with the psychological mindset of the individuals. However, there is a lot of the factors behind these horrifying events that actually are more sociologically related. These catastrophic events are directly correlated with interactions with the world. The loss of teenagers across the world is increasing and it is a subject that should be touched on in both sciences. Throughout this paper the study of teen suicide in the sociological view will be discussed by going through Emile Durkheim’s studies and the sub groups in which it can occur. These events are related back to such things as social rejection, religious beliefs and social situations. This paper will also touch on the different types of suicide and what the suicides correlate with. The main purpose of this paper is to show how teen suicide is not only a psychological problem with students but to breakdown the areas in which cause these feelings.

Discovering one’s identity, struggling to understand one’s conventionally appropriate gender role, accepting one’s body image, gaining independence from parents, maintaining responsible sexual relationships along with enduring vehement hormones, establishing values relating to marriage and parenthood, and simultaneously managing academic goals, extracurricular activities, and occupational preparations are all psychological and social demands placed on the adolescent. These demands, along with additional factors, such as bullying, drug use/domestic substance abuse, domestic violence, divorce of parents, rape/sexual assault, loss of a loved one, heartbreak, low socioeconomic status, health problems, race, ethnicity, struggles with self-identification, and other traumatic experiences can all increase one’s likelihood to commit suicide.

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as likely to die from suicide than a teenager growing up in 1960. One of the

In the 60s teen suicide was almost nonexistent, however it has been a growing problem ever since then. Donna Gaines explores this with her article Teenage Wasteland following the Bergenfield incident. Gaines conducted research to find out why these suicides were happening, and what led 4 teens to take their lives together. She found out that there is not just one sole reason to why they would take their lives; it was much more complicated then that. It can be based off of your social and personal life, economic standing, loneliness and many other factors.

There is too much teen suicide in the United States. Many teens who are depressed have mental issues such as depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, etc. Often, teens who have these issues feel as if they don’t belong. They don’t feel like talking about certain things going on in their life. Issues regarding sexuality, bullying, and abuse make children feel hopeless and unwanted. They feel alone. The suicide rate has gone up dramatically. There are approximately 100,000 suicides per year and 10,000 to 20,000 of them being from ages 14 to 24. Suicide is also the 3rd leading cause of death for teens.

Teen suicide is increasing in America in teens age’s 14-17,young males,minorities;through the availability of guns,alcohol,drugs,and lack of support.

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Teen suicide is a major problem in the United States today. It has effected most people in some sort of way throughout their lives. The facts have shown “Over the past decade, however, the rate has again increased to 12.1 per 100,000. Every day, approximately 105 Americans die by suicide”(Suicide Awareness). People need to start taking action so the rate of teen attempting or actually committing suicide goes down. There are many ways of improving this problem.

The first topic is why people commit suicide. Things like depression and other mental disorders can cause a person to commit suicide (Warning). Another factor could be any form of abuse; whether it’s substance, physical, or mental abuse (Warning) (Adolescent). The lack of things is another factor. Losing things like a family member or lacking support are more reasons people pick suicide (Warning) (Adolescent). The last two factors that are important enough to mention are previous attempts of suicide and cultural and religious beliefs (Warning). Everyone should at least know a few of the risks, since suicide is a huge problem, and should always be aware of what could be going through someone’s head when one of the risks happen to

What happened? The parents of an 18-year-old student are suing Loudoun County Public School counselor and the school district in Virginia, for damages for the deprivation of their son amounting to Five million dollars for damages for mental torture, the loss of future security and upkeep of their son and funeral expenses. The counselor violated LCPS’ standards, after learning the teen was at risk of taking his life, giving no notice to the student’s parents or principal and not setting up a suicide prevention plan with the teen (Balingit, 2016). Another complaint was also cited in the article of a pupil in 2015 from the same high school under the direction of the same counselor took her life. The advocate also informed by a friend that she

Although most of the media attention focuses on adolescent homicide, suicide deaths should have us more alarmed, and we should understand that adolescent suicide is a preventable public health issue. In adolescent Suicide deaths are more prevalent than homicide deaths (CDC, 2012). According to the National Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS), suicide is the second leading cause of death for adolescents age 13 to 17 (CDC, 2016). That number surpasses the number of deaths due to chronic diseases such as cancer, HIV, and diabetes. While this is a significant number, not all suicide attempts are reported (Joiner, 2005). Furthermore, suicide accounted for 10 % of

We all know the world has flaws, who doesn't? But these flaws can be easily be solved by a little compassion. Compassion is to be able to be there for someone in need, and to try to relieve the pain and sorrow that they might be feeling.