How Psychological Stress Affects The Human Body

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has published a fact sheet of statistics on suicide in the United States. In 2007, it is reported that suicide was the tenth leading cause of death. Furthermore, for every suicide committed, eleven were attempted. A total of 34,598 deaths occurred from suicide with an overall rate of 11.3 suicide deaths per 100,000 people. (NIMH, 2010). Risk factors were also noted on this report and listed “depression and other mental disorders, or a substance abuse disorder (often in combination with other mental disorders). More than ninety percent of people who die by suicide have these risk factors (NIMH, 2010).”

2. The patient are mentally healthy and that they understand the alternatives are provided (e.g. continue receiving treatments) yet still want to commit suicide by doctors’ assistance. In addition, further observation should be applied if the patient is diagnosed with depression.

Some patients that are terminal ill generally lose their desire to live and their dignity. So they ask their physician to assist them with committing suicide.

It has been argued that the reason why some terminally ill patients wish to commit suicide is nothing more than melancholia. Patients

Physicians and healthcare professionals play a big percentage in their role of suicide. Seventy percent of individuals who had followed through with suicide had visited their doctor within one month ( Rosston. K,2012, p.2)! This percentage is one of the most astounding numbers researched. Health care

It is unpleasant feelings or emotions that develop when untreated. The patient may feel depressed from all the suffering he or she has gone through with their families and friends. Depression can lead to many things when making the decision to proceed with assisted suicide. By requesting their desired need in assisted suicide may help ease their suffering and while spending time with their loved ones, families, and friends before they die. An article by Ezekiel Emanuel states, "Dutch researchers followed 138 terminally ill cancer patients and found that depressed patients were four times more likely to request euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide. Nearly half of those who requested euthanasia were depressed." Depression has become high doses of medication that causes the patient to review on the option to suffer more or die. The people who requested euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide were suffering from depression and they should be given what they want rather than denying. It is their natural rights as human beings to make the decision to proceed with assisted suicide if he or she desires it to end

"If you are saying that it is dignified and brave for a cancer patient to kill themselves, what are you saying about cancer patients who don't? What about a woman who fights to the end, survives for as long as she can, and withers away slowly, in agony, until her very last breath escapes her lungs? (Walsh n.p). That is to say, dying naturally is not undignified. "Suffering is not the absence of goodness, it is not the absence of beauty, but perhaps it can be the place where true beauty can be known," (Kara n.p). The true beauty here is the courage to not surrendering, the bravery to keep going on through the pain to lead a life to its fullest, the love, understanding and sympathy for each other more than any time or any other way. Furthermore, patients who endure and fight through the pain find amidst the tragic illness all something valuable. They explore that every minute means something — sometimes, they mean even more than any of the other minutes they have lived in health and prosperity. Additionally, studies have shown that during the period of their obsession with the idea of killing themselves, terminally ill individuals tend to think in a very rigid, dichotomous way, seeing everything in "all or nothing" terms; they are not likely to conceptualize or even acknowledge any range of genuine alternatives. Consequently, it is very possible that their choices are emotional based and not through thorough logical. Markedly, very comprehensive treatment for their cancer, potential cures for other very painful and terminal diseases are so imminent, such as molecularly targeted therapy, immunotherapy or genetic research that helps detect malignancy in its earliest form. Some people are even going ahead themselves in treatment and coming out of it, healthier than they've been in their entire lives. Besides, by adopting a much more healthy lifestyles and positive

Aarsland, Påhlhagen, Ballard, Ehrt and Svenningsson (2012) stated that people if the thought of suicide is not managed at the right time, the patient might end up killing himself or herself.

De Munck, Portzky, & Van Heeringen, (2009) define suicide as an individual deliberately acts in self-harming or destructive behavior. Bremberg (2015) states that when an individual experiences stress that is greater than they can handle is when they are at a higher risk of committing suicide. Borges et al. (2008) states that there are three specific behaviors that lead to suicide-related outcomes: suicide ideation, suicide plan, and suicide attempts. The presence of psychiatric disorders increases the possibility of suicidality. Borges et al. (2008) defines suicide attempt as “self-destructive behaviors not leading to death.” Shirav & Levy (2013) found that suicide rates are higher in more economically advanced countries. The world’s highest

A variety of physical, biological, psychology, and sociocultural factors influence the probability for suicide in individuals and populations. Strong evidence demonstrates that suicide rates vary across regions, and that this variation is reliably stable over time, holding true both between and within particular countries.

cancer (ASRN, 2008).” The results stated that average suicide rate for nurses is 0.11 deaths per

A survey of U.S. oncologists suggests that support for euthanasia and assisted suicide in this profession has declined dramatically in recent years. The survey polled 3299 members of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in 1998. It found 22.5% support for physician-assisted suicide for a terminally ill patient with prostate cancer in unremitting pain, compared to 45.5% support in 1994. Euthanasia in this situation was supported by 6.5%, compared to 22.7% in 1994.

-In 2000, approximately one million people died of suicide – 16 per 100,000 or one in every 40 seconds.

The heart begins to beat faster, respiration increases, blood pressure rises, and senses are heightened. Stress in humans used to be fueled by the eagerness and motivation to escape predators and remain alive. While human genetics have seen some major changes throughout evolution, our primitive instincts are still a need for survival. The shift in how humans are nurtured today can be linked to the changes in human stress levels and how they are dealt with. Parental care and values, daily living conditions and socioeconomic class, all have an impact on how a person might handle stress.

The initial psychological response often takes the form of physical impact. This is directly correlated to the arrival of anxiety and depression (Madhukar & Trivedi, 2005) which are linked to the decline in physical health (Halford & Brown, 2009). This response may become more prevalent overtime as the individual processes the complications the poor prognosis given may have on their life. Furthermore this will trigger physical manifestations of anxiety and depression such as pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, self-harm and poor mobility either consciously or subconsciously. Recent studies conducted on dealing will