Suicide Ideation And Bullying

Various interventions implemented within the school setting have shown to improve the social environment for the LGBTQ population. A report by the Family Acceptance Project at San Francisco State University traced the effects of LGBTQ bullying in a school setting included unintentional statements like “that’s so gay,” or more direct verbal harassment, and physical violence in school hallways (Russell, Ryan, Toomey, Diaz, & Sanchez, 2011, p. 225). The data from the project’s survey of 245 LGBTQ adolescents links bullying to long-term health and developmental problems. It was discovered that LGBTQ targeted bullying related to gender expression or sexual orientation during school years led to increased adolescent depression, suicidal thoughts, social adjustment issues and risky sexual behavior (Russell, Ryan, Toomey, Diaz, & Sanchez, 2011, p. 225). LGBTQ adolescents that reported high levels of anti-LGBTQ victimization as teens were 5.6 times more likely to report suicide attempts than those victimized less frequently. Those who reported suicide attempts were more than double as likely to be diagnosed clinically depressed, and they were more than twice as likely to report having been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease by young adulthood. In the paragraphs to come we will examine how bullying impacts

LGBT youth are most commonly targeted by bullying because society does not fully understand what these kids are going through in life. One of the main reasons for this is due to something that may set themselves apart from the norm and that includes sexual orientation. Gay and lesbian teens are two to three times as more likely to commit suicide than any other youths. Those who are rejected by their family are up to nine times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers. About 30 percent of all completed suicide have all been related to bullying.

Bullying is a worldwide problem that can be linked to teen suicide. The third leading cause of death in youth is suicide, which results in nearly 4,400 deaths per year (Centers for Disease Control, 2012). At least half of these deaths are caused by bullying. Although bullying is still seen by many to be a normal part of growing up, it is a severe problem that leads to many negative effects, including suicide. Unfortunately, there is not a definitive solution to this problem. However, there are multiple ways to help teens who are contemplating suicide due to bullying: seeking immediate medical help, encouraging teens to talk, parents keeping communication open, and by parents communicating with school authorities.

Your life is so busy, you do not have time for anything. You come home from work and coming from your kid’s room is a noise. You walk closer and try to listen and see if you can hear it better. As you listen, you hear your child crying. You try to open the door it is locked. You knock and you hear go away! Your heart is breaking; your child is hurting and you can't help them, how can you they will not let you in. What do you do? Do you walk away and let them get their selves together or do you try to fight your way in? Most parents or even teachers just walk away not knowing their child or student is being bullied. If they would have just fought harder to

In recent years, we have heard more and more about bullying and the alarming effects it has on our society. Bullying is defined by the Center for Disease and Control (CDC) as “any unwanted aggressive behavior(s) by another youth or group of youths who are not siblings or current dating partners that involves an observed or perceived power imbalance and is repeated multiple times or is highly likely to be repeated.” (“Featured Topic: Bullying Research” ) There are many forms of bullying, including but not limited to physical bullying, verbal bullying, and cyber and text bullying. The adverse effects can cause severe damage to the victim, including both physical and mental health issues as well as academic issues. Numerous studies

This research project is proposed for the National LGBTI Health Alliance. The National LGBTI Health Alliance is a health organization that aims to provide support for LGBT and intersex individuals. Their key areas of activities are ageing, intersex, mental health and suicide prevention (National LGBTI Health Alliance 2007). Most research available today centers on the negative impacts of bullying on LGBT youth. However, this research project will focus primarily on bullying and the mental health of the children of same sex couples, which is an issue that is often unspoken. It will examine the implications surrounding bullying in school environments and the potential psychological long-term effects. The aim of this project is to identify better methods to reduce bullying and discrimination in school environments as well as how to provide better support for these children. Another objective is to examine the implications surrounding the ways in which parents deal with the issue and how they negotiate these outside negative impacts by acknowledging that they do happen or disregarding it. The methodology includes qualitative data collection that involves observation, interviews, surveys and questionnaires, held in school environments as well as same sex parenting support groups.

Sexual minority students were significantly more likely than others to report being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property, skip school because they felt unsafe, believe that there was no school adult they could talk to about a problem, experience dating violence, experience forced/coerced sexual contact, feel sad or hopeless for an extended period of time, make one or more past-year suicide attempts, and make a suicide attempt requiring medical attention (p. 578).

In our day and age, even after the Supreme Court’s ruling over same-sex marriage, those who identify themselves as lesbians, gays, and bisexual remain targets of humiliation and abuse. For adolescents and young adults, suicide is the third leading cause of death (Hatzenbuehler, 2011, p. 896). It is of particular concern to understand the causes and risk factors that lead to suicide attempts so that we may better prevent such circumstances in the future, and better plan interventions. The article “The Social Environment and Suicide Attempts in Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth” discusses how previous studies have showed that lesbians, gays, and bisexual (LGB) individuals are increasingly at risk for suicide attempts, when compared with heterosexual

Events also show bullying causes suicide because on May 4, 1877 William Arthur Gibbs committed suicide after being beaten and bullied. He committed suicide at the age of 12. Maybe William was getting bullied and beaten so bad and picked on that he decided to take his own life. On January 14, 2013 Jadin Bell hanged himself from a play structure. He was bullied on the internet and in person for his alternative lifestyle. He didn't die from strangulation and was later rushed to the emergency room. Jadin was on life support for 20 days and on February 3, 2013 he was taken off of life support. Just because someone is part of the LGBT community, they shouldn't have to be judged and picked on. Still after 200 years, bullying still going, it’s out of hand, and is leading to more

As you can imagine, all of these factors can and do greatly harm the mental health of gay teenagers, who are six times as likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers. thirty percent of gay teenagers have attempted suicide before the age of fifteen, and a total of one thousand, five hundred gay teenagers commit suicide per year, due to bullying, abuse, and

Bullying and suicide have a very strong relation, 38% of frequent bullying victims reported suicidal thoughts or suicide attempt in the past year. Students who are engaged in bullying behavior and victims of bullying are the highest risk group for adverse outcomes (“Bullying, Cyberbullying & Suicide Statistics”). Bullying is the act of abusing someone else physically or mentally in order to gain a sense of superiority and power. The term “bully” can be traced back as far as the 1530s. Bullying may come about in young people because of the constant pressure of striving for intellectual advances. U.S society believes success and wealth go hand in hand. This constant pressure of having great success “can manifest itself in problematic emotions

But both articles show that bullying alone does not result in direct suicide, there are some other factors which contribute a lot toward the final step of suicide. These factors include depressions, problems faced by student at home, trauma history of students. Both of these articles also provide some suggestions regarding the solution of this issue (prevention of bullying). Both articles describes that

This article examined how psychological distress can be impacted by bullying at school or online. Specifically, it was aimed at investigating how factors, such as sex, sexual orientation, and cooccurrence of both types of bullying, can mediate this relationship. The authors cited research suggesting that cyberbullying is correlated to negative school experiences, lower academic performance, negative perceptions of school, as well as increased emotional distress and anxiety. Of the roughly 20,000 high school students surveyed from an area near Boston, 16% reported suffering cyber bulling, 26% reported suffering school bullying, and 60% reported both. The authors found that instances of cyberbullying were more frequent among girls (18%) than boys (13%), as well as nonheterosexual individuals (33%) relative to heterosexual individuals (14%). The authors also found that school bullying decreases more (from 32% to 17%) than cyberbullying (from 17% to 13.4%) throughout one’s high school career. Having lower school attachment and performance was also found to make an individual twice as likely to suffer cyberbullying (11%) than having more average performance (5%).

According to a study conducted by Yale University, victims of bullying are between two and nine times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims. Suicide is the third leading cause of deaths among adolescence and young adults (“Bullying and Suicide," 2015). Suicide is not uncommon to hear about in society and in everyday life; furthermore, neither is bullying. These two events play hand in hand with each other. Bullying isn't just hitting someone or calling names, it is much more than that and can result in horrible outcomes such as suicide.

Bullying is a leading cause to death. Bullying is a cause that can lead to depression and then depression can lead to suicide. 3.2 million students have reported to be bullied. 160,000 students skip school every day because they are scared of there environment . American students have reported to be bullied 63% of the time there at school.