Emotional Wellness

Suicide is a prevalent cause of death among America's youth today. Every day more than 1000 teenagers will think about suicide and eighteen will be successful in committing it. It is an ever-growing problem that can be described as unnecessary and uncalled for. Knowledge and understanding are key factors to preventing teenage suicide. The problem will usually originate from a period of depression, either as a medical concern, or simply because of a saddened

The rate of suicide, the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally, increases each year. “More adolescents die each year from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, combined” (Preventing Teen Suicide, 2016, p.2). These facts show suicide is a serious problem among teens. Last year, teen suicide became the second leading cause of death in the United States confirming the significant increase in teen suicides.

This is a complex medication visit. This is a young woman who I have treated for (lipastimea) and depression last seen a year ago. She returns now complaining of increasing depression over the past several months culminating an emergency room visit.

While all the above are driving factors of teen suicide, often the underlying concern is mental illness. Some teens who seek suicide initiate because of depression, borderline personality disorder or bipolar disorder. These illness intensify the pain a teen may suffer. Because of these underling illnesses, teens should seek and treat by medical professional.

A teenager may commit suicide for different reasons, but two common reasons for people to kill themselves are depression and bullying. Depression is commonly a thing which happens as a result of mental disorders such as Bipolar. Mostly people who commit suicide have a disorder of some kind. Pappas mentions this in her article as well. In it Pappas states, “The vast majority of people who do kill themselves have a mental illness. More than 90 percent of people who kill themselves have a mental disorder, either depression, bipolar disorder or some other diagnosis,

Emotional Symptoms leading to depression, worry, intense guilt, numbness, loss of interest in previous enjoyed activities, insomnia, intense guilt,

There is other evidence of high rates of suicide among teenagers done from other sources that have similar results. Over the years, the number of suicides have substantially increased. Certain individuals are at a higher risk of committing suicide. Those risk factors can include: “bullying, physical abuse, family history of suicide, family history of child maltreatment, previous suicide attempts, history of mental disorders, particularly clinical depression, history of alcohol

Did you know suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States? Teens suffering from depression is more likely to commit suicide than other teens. The effects of suicide can be very tragic to the family and the person trying to commit it. There is ways to prevent suicide with therapy and medicine. There is also very important signs to tell if someone is going to commit suicide.

We know today that one major cause of suicide is depression, and there is a lot of different factors that lead to depression. Things like bullying, death, divorce, and stress can all be things that cause depression. Janice Shaw Crouse wrote an article talking about teen suicides and in her writing she stated“…more than 90 percent of

Patients can suffer from clinical levels of depression and severe levels of anxiety and stress reactions.

Symptoms of depression: There are many symptoms of depression. Depression symptoms can range from mild to serve. Here are some of the symptoms you could possibly experience when dealing with depression:

Suicide is the third leading cause of deaths in adolescents in the United States. Teen suicide is also often referred to as a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Teens so often are suicidal and attempt suicide as a call for help from others. They have no intention in dying they are just trying to cry out for help from anyone that will listen. Many reasons cause teen to attempt suicide, varying from bullying to psychological disorders. In fact, psychological disorders accounts for about 90% of teens who attempt or commit suicide. Teenagers are also at higher risk of suicide when they are under

Teen Depression is a very serious thing, people want to know what causes it, how to help people that have it, and how to detect it. In this research paper, we will learn the symptoms, and how to diagnose it. Most teens ages 10-19 are diagnosed with depression. Most ways to notice it is if the teen has lost interest in things they used to find fun or their moods seem to drop drastically. There is also usually a loss in appetite or gain in appetite, or weight gain or loss.

Teen’s emotions are changing every day, and with this comes some major depression. This is because teens may feel like with their mood swings that their peers and people they look up to will not like them. Every teen will experience some sort of mood swing but how they deal with it is up to them. “When a teen starts getting depressed they should talk to either their friends, parents, or a consular to help them with their depression” (Smith). Teens show depression on social media and their peers take advantage of that and nobody even cares most of the time until the person takes their life.

     People who usually experience depression, can seem fine. But there are many key signs to show that they are depressed. Such as, change in school performance, eating habits change, constant unhappiness, low self esteem, guilt, social isolation, inability to concentrate, irritable or angered easily, or has a severe lost of energy.