Summary: Should Suicides Be Reported On The News

Attempting suicide is an epidemic in the United States; especially when 41% of transgender individuals have attempted suicide compared 1.6% of the general population (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation). Due to this, the question of whether or not transgender youth have a harder, more straining adolescence than their cisgender counterparts rises. Although adolescence can be hard on everyone, experiences such as a school environment, puberty, laws that guarantee protection, family and social acceptance of transgender youth are harder than those of their cisgender counterparts (harder does not necessarily mean correlate with strenuous, the use of harder is aiming more towards different, costly, and possibly more confusing). The revolution for transgender lives is just beginning, change is happening. But in order for change to occur, adequate information on the material needs to be discussed and terminology must be defined and questions must be answered. Questions such as: what do the terms transgender and cisgender actually mean? Why is it important to know the difference between the two terms? What is the difference between transsexual and transgender?

On October 5, 2016, Fowlerville High School freshman, Brendan Kangas, committed suicide. His whole school and community was struck with grief, previously unaware of Brendan’s battle with depression. The next day school was held on schedule, and it was a very unproductive day. According to the faculty, kids were crying in classrooms, and uninstructed teachers did not know how to handle the situation (Brent). Many Fowlerville students have struggled academically, unable to cope with the news of Brendan’s death. Fowlerville was not prepared to handle such a crisis and administrators were unaware of the effect Brendan’s suicide would have on the school. Since then, several other students in Brendan’s community have attempted to take their lives as well (Brent). Suicide has not only a problem in

In the article written in the (Douglas County 2010) "In Douglas County between 2003-2007: The homicide rate in the black population was 6.7 per 100,000 population, slightly higher than the white population rate of 5.9.  The age group with the highest homicide rate was 30-39 year olds with a rate of 8.9 per 100,000 population. The suicide rate in Douglas County from 2003-2007 was much higher in whites with a rate of 12.9 per 100,000 compared to a rate of 4.0 for blacks." One organizational barrier is having enough program facilities and enough training of staff for the ones which we have in place. They must be able to detect potential victims and be able to recognized early those who are at risk. One way the community may decrease its suicide and murder rate according to our text (Burkholder & Nash, 2013, p.6.1) " Improving local economies and living conditions in low-income areas may also reduce the overall number of

The bottom was characterize as a large black neighborhood in Ohio, that stood above the hill of Medallion was a predominately white wealthy community. Before it was call the Bottom, now they call it the suburbs. Consequently, a good slave master promised freedom and piece of land if the slave perform difficult chores, when they finish the work he was hastens about giving away valley land he hope to give away piece of the bottom. However, the slave thought the valley land was the bottom, the master told them when God look down, it's the bottom, it the bottom of heaven best land there is. And they agree to it, And it was done. Shadrack was a citizen of the bottom, he fought in WWI, return back as a damaged man that couldn't cope with reality of what was happening in the world, his mental state of mind was unstable he live around the border of the town to find harmony in his life.

While on patrol, i made contact with a bronze colored passenger car on George Wallace Dr, with no headlights on. I initiated a traffic stop. the vehicle pulled onto Sussex Ave. As I approached the vehicle, all the windows were rolled down and there was an overwhelming smell of green marijuana coming from the interior of the vehicle. After getting the driver information, I had the driver and the occupants step from the vehicle. All subjects were detained so I could search the vehicle. In the back seat, the was marijuana shake on the seat pad. there was no other marijuana found in the vehicle. the subjects were released and the driver was issued a warning for improper lights.

Researchers conduct hypotheses that suicide could be contagious. Researchers had a total of 22,064 individuals ages 12 to 17. When conducting the study they met on cycles to monitor the exposure to suicide. All groups which were separated into age had an outcome of 95% of exposure to suicide. Researchers also questioned how often certain groups were or had feelings of depression or suicidal thoughts from stressful events during the cycles. In further research, 24.1% from the ages 16 and 17 responded that someone from school has committed suicide and which 20.1%

All of these statistics show how prominent suicide is in today’s society. To continue, a suicide note from a fourteen year old girl reads, “At least if I die they’ll put a plaque up in the school hall with my name on it” (“Teen Suicide: Prevention is Contagious, Too”). The sad note left by the teenagers is an example of how when a tragedy strikes, such as a classmate ending his or her life, people who were not even close to the victim come together and mourn, and to some, this could possibly be seen as another way people conform, during times of mourning. Suicide victims could possibly feel

Have you ever been through a tough situation and felt like there was no solution? Many people do and unfortunately many people also solve their solution by ending their life. In fact, every 13 minutes, someone commits suicide in the U.S (http://www.save.org/). Whether your friends or acquaintances, chances are you will know someone who has committed suicide. However, this doesn’t have to be the case. Urban Meyer, current coach of the Ohio State football team, once stated, “Are you going to be the problem or the solution?” An organization known as the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) has decided they will be the solution to suicide.

Many view America as the best country in the world. There are so many different perspectives of life in America. This country is developed from the roots of many different cultures. This country is a place of freedom, opportunity, and hope. America is a place where everyone from different backgrounds unite as one, and help this land of freedom thrive. We are not White, Mexican, Native American, Asian, Black or whatever other race; we are Americans. Sadly, many Americans do not appreciate this country as much as they should. My vision for America is for every citizen in the United States to be more civilized by reducing the crime rate to numbers that won’t affect the country anymore. Racial issues need to stop because that intensifies crime. We

The suicide rate has been rising. In the article " Youth suicide rates are rising. School and the internet might be to blame.", written by Lara Korte. It states in the article "In 2014, the county saw four suicides of people under 18 and under. In 2015, there were five. In 2016, there were 13 suicides. So far this year, seven." This rate went to four to five to a huge jump to 13 than January to May there seven and that just in 5 months. Just in the past three years, there was 22 suicide that just in three years. This rate is starting to get too high and why so people can tease each other and make fun of them for the fun of it. Here is another statement from the article," The most shocking one was the January death of 8-year-old Gabriel

“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” This quote is from a speech in 1963 from Malcolm X and the media’s effect against the progression of civil rights.. Just a simple news article has the power to change laws, the way people think and possibly change the world. People may not even believe what the media tells us is true but in some way, shape or form, it's slowly sculpting our brains into a robotic program that can not tell the difference between right and wrong. Because of this many serious issues that may turn out to be good have a bad reputation due to negative media stories about the

An issue in mental health counseling that affects the young and old, civilians and criminals alike is suicide. Suicidality can be considered both a legal and ethical issue in counseling depending on how the counselor handles the situations presented to him or her. The news articles I found each discuss different topics relating to suicide, but all have similar messages: not enough is being done through advocacy, education, and awareness. Legally and ethically, when one of these facets are not upheld problems can arise.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. (2016). A model school policy on suicide prevention: Model language, commentary, and resources. Retrieved from:

Durkheim argues that the suicide rate is a social factor that can be interpreted as an indicator for social solidarity within a society (http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01114474).

The year was 1776, the United States was on the brink of war with England and in an unwavering effort to be free from the tyranny of King George III, America’s fore-fathers drafted forth a Declaration of Independence. Included in this declaration was a line that still resonates in the hearts and minds of free thinking men and women: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal[->0], that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness (US, 1776)”. Even during this simpler time, America’s