Suicide Annotated Bibliography

The poem “Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note” by Amiri Baraka uses vivid images of sights, sounds, and daily activities to symbolize a heartfelt story. In the poem, Amiri, is one of the African American slaves who is frustrated about the discriminatory treatment by whites. So frustrated he wants to commit suicide. The writer used transition words starting with “lately”, “now”, and “then” for each stanza. He was imagining how he acted before his death and how his daughter reacted to his death.

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.

In this source features statics of the teen suicide stating that teen suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death in adolescence ages 11 to 15 it goes on to say that from 2003-2015 suicide has claimed the lives of over 5,500 youth. It was sound that there was a pattern of similarities between the youth that varied in race from Caucasian, African American, and Asian. There were relationship problems, mostly with their parents. Data also revealed that the individuals showed progression towards suicidal behavior. This source is full of factual information regarding suicide without bias. Therefore it was very useful in my research. I found the source on EBSCO by searching teen suicide in the search bar.

There is at least 113 suicides each day or 1 every 13 minutes. Suicide among males is the seventh leading cause of death and the fourteenth leading cause in females. Most suicides are with a firearm and are carried out with a “ Saturday night special”. (Dilaura,Cynthia DiLaura) “More than 90 percent of suicide attempts with a gun are fatal. “ (Brady Campaign) There are a number of reasons why suicide occurs. Stress is the number one cause among our youth, bullies, peer pressure, depression, and abuse. 41,100 people committed suicide in the United States in 2013. Our young teens today does not take time to look deeper into there problem and to seek out a better solution. They are looking for a quick fix but not realizing once the trigger is pulled the result is final with no turning back. Most people who has attempted suicide is more likely to try a second attempt and most have an underlying mental illness. There is many warming that someone may be in a suicide crisis. We most learn how to see things through their eyes. No matter what one is facing in life or the difficult that lie ahead of them Nothing is worth taken your own

First, a study shows that one out of four students knows of a peer who has committed suicide by age seventeen (“Teen Suicide: Prevention Is Contagious, Too”). Also, a survey from the CDC National Risk Behavior said that 16% of American high schoolers admit that they have considered suicide in the last year (“Teen Suicide: Prevention Is Contagious, Too”). Next, suicide rates have tripled in the last thirty-five years (“Teen Suicide: A Preventable Tragedy”). Self-harm is also the largest cause of death in those ages fifteen-nineteen ( “Sad Teenage Girls are Becoming More So”). Some believe that teenage suicide rates have increased because more teens are using drugs and alcohol (“Teen Suicide: Prevention Is Contagious, Too”).

Suicide is defined as “The action of killing oneself intentionally” within both South Korea and Wales. Suicide is seen as a huge social issue in both Wales and South Korea, both countries have seen a huge rise in suicide rates in the last decade but South Korea disproportionately sees a higher rate of suicide. Both countries are experiencing a rise in suicide rates and so, suicide is seen as a huge social issue, with government and non governmental bodies aiming to combat it. In my investigation I will not only be researching who this issue affects and what issues seem to be the main cause for the growth in suicide rates, but also responses and ways people have tried to tackle this problem. To do this I will have to follow my aims, which

 Thesis: While Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem, I believe That Suicide is wrong.

Surviving Suicide: A Memoir From Those Death Left Behind tells the story of one family and how they have coped with suicide.

The terminally ill patient should not be blamed and criminalized for allowing physicians to take their own lives. This also holds true for the severely disable who also may wish to end their life to their disability and life style. The one with a terminal illness may have to suffer the intolerable pain physically, but with overwhelming emotional and mental anguish. Unless you have been in their shoes, one can not fully imagine and understand what lives may go through and manage. Although there are some religious prohibit assisted the suicide of the terminally ill and severely, but they should consider that in special circumstances due to pain and suffer from patients and their family give the choice to them to decide about their own lives.

The next primary cause of the high suicide rate in South Korea is educational related stress. The two primary groups committing suicide in this country are people over the age of sixty, which was just addressed, and youth between the ages ten and nineteen. As for the younger group, their stress stems from education.

Pt. is a 13 y/o white female presented to NNBHC due to SI with a plan, and PCP urging for the patient to be evaluated. Pt states that she currently SI with a plan to drink bleach, however she believes this will not be an effective attempt. Pt states on 10/30/15 that she overdose on Gas X ?18 pills and Ibuprofren ? 9 pills with the attempt commit suicide. Pt states that two weeks agho that she overdoes on Allegra and Mucinex, “I didn’t take enough it only made me feel crappy. Pt states that she has been researching online on effective completing suicide. Pt states no triggers or stressors that is causing her to feel this way. “I feel like I had a demon and angel on my shoulders, but now the angel is gone and I just don’t want to live

Another tear trickles down her cheek. She is still on her journey of life to find what she seeks. Behind her gorgeous smile.

Additionally, the South Korean education system faces the challenge of reducing depression and anxiety among middle and high school students. Suicide rates in Korea are the highest in the world, and the youth are no exception to this trend. Because of the amount of pressure that students are given by their parents and society, more students have been presenting symptoms of depression and anxiety. Every year, there are always cases of students committing suicide before and after

Suicide is a main source of death around the world and ranks among the three main causes of death among young adults aged between 15-45 years. Indeed, a response to this continuous worldwide issue, the World Health Organization called for the prevention of suicide (WHO, 2015). Several studies have evaluated some of the contributing factors, however, the connection between suicide and the evaluated factors is conclusively positive or negative.

This paper will survey the reasons for the unusually high suicide rates found specifically in South Korea. There are many different factors that contribute to suicide such as depression, certain cultural values, the educational system and more. It will begin with the rates of suicide found in the country versus the average suicide rate in other countries. We will further go in depth to discover how various reasons for depression and cultural values have impacted the youth. It will also describe the rigor and intensity of the educational system in present day Korea and its effects on the youth. It will also continue onto exploring the culture and how that correlates back to the high suicide rates by exploring further into the