Teen Suicide

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.

as likely to die from suicide than a teenager growing up in 1960. One of the

Suicide is a devastating, preventable tragedy and is among the top causes of death in the adolescent population. Compelling statistics given since 2009 show the number of

An escalating problem throughout many educational institutions, primarily high schools and colleges is suicide. The strain of competing for the best grades possible in order to acquire a brighter future becomes so unbearable that many students choose to opt out of their lives in order to relieve themselves of the pressure. Grades may not be the only reason why a student may choose to commit suicide, several reasons include: relationship problems, drug abuse or financial issues. It is essential to know how to prevent student/teen suicide in order to let students and teens realize that there is more to life than grades and temporary setbacks. There are several ways to manage this issue; primarily

Suicide has become a big issue in today's generation, especially for teens. Suicide is now known as the third leading cause of death among youth all around the world between 10 and 19 years of age. In the article, Preventing youth suicide-tips for parents and educators, the author states, “Teens are more prone to suicide because of the many difficult risks they may face today”, such as many teens face bullying in their schools, self-esteem problems, family dysfunction, drug addictions or it can be the simple fact that they are not mentally stable or have a mental illness like depression. However, suicide is preventable. Many teens who may be contemplating suicide frequently give signs, or approach in a different behavior. Some of these signs may include, suicidal threats, prior suicidal behavior, self harm acts, or change in behavior. It is crucial that parents, educators, and friends or family members notice these signs before the teen makes an effort to conduct an irreversible act. Many schools are taking role in suicide

(214) Young children who are at risk of committing suicide may have suffered a loss of a loved one, or are suffering family stress like the parent being unemployed or there being abused by a parent or family friend, and their probably suffering from depression. These children are the ones that show behavioral patterns such as: running away from home, accident-proneness, aggressive acting out, temper tantrums, self criticism by others, low tolerance of frustration, sleep problems, dark fantasies, day dreams, hallucination, marked personality changes, and overwhelming interest in death and

It is a normal day and you come home from work normally. You yell up the stairs to ask your child what they want for dinner, but they do not reply. You then storm up the stairs and throw their door open to see your child hanging in the closet with a towel around their neck. On their desk is a suicide note. They committed suicide because of the stress building upon their frail shoulders and you did absolutely nothing to stop their decision. Now, you mourn for your child and suffer over your loss. Every night, you shed tears that never seem to stop. However, you are not alone. Nationally, about 42,773 Americans die because they killed themselves. Most of these Americans are teenagers who did not live their life to the fullest yet. Thousands of families are suffering

Teen suicide is one of the largest problems facing America at the moment, and it will only become worse if the country does not come up with a solution. “According to the American Psychiatric Association, suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between eleven and eighteen years of age (Teen Suicide).” American families can not keep losing sons and daughters to this entirely preventable epidemic. The largest issue with teen suicide is that Americans are using largely outdated and/or ineffective strategies in dealing with teen suicide, and Americans need to realize that this problem will not just go away. Using the old methods, such as telling teens to toughen up, are clearly not working and in some cases are contributing to the problem. Teen suicide is alarmingly on the rise and “According to the CDC, 5,504 people ages 10 to 24 died by suicide in 2014, the most recent year in which statistics are available. The figure was up from the grim 2013 tally of 5,264, and the number has risen every year and up 13 percent from 2010 (Corbin).” There are several causes for teen suicide that range from depression to concussions, and for each cause there are several proposed solutions to suicide or its causes, but many of the solutions will cause more problems instead of solving current ones, Americans need to utilize effective suicide prevention strategies and ignore the useless and outdated ones.

5000 people under the age of 25 with 2000of those teenagers are dying each year, but not from cancer or car accidents, but by their own hands. These children have made the choice to take their lives by committing suicide. Andrea Young Ward explains how and why teens make the decision of taking their lives in her story “Many Factors Contribute to Teen Suicide”. Teen suicide is the third leading killer of teenagers and has increased 200% since 1960 and will probably continue to increase in the years to come.

Suicide is reaching epidemic proportions all across the globe. What is causing such an outbreak in young adults? Most people have heard about the get help hotlines and the advertisements associated with suicide. Although we 've all heard about it, not much is being done about it. Johnson states the facts about suicide, “claiming 39,518 lives in 2011, or more than 6,889 more than in 2005” (10). This small piece of information goes to show just how much suicide has increased in the last few years. Besides being the number 10 cause of death among all ages in the U.S., it is the 2nd leading killer of adolescents, or “people between ages 15 and 19” (Peacock 1). Also, the number of completed suicides only touches the surface on the dilemma it truly is; this is because there are 25 suicide attempts per every suicide (731). What goes unnoticed is that suicide is on the rise for a number of reasons including mental illness, bullying, social media, and high expectation perfectionist teens.

One symptom to committing suicide is having a mental disorder. Diseases such as Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and Depression are a few of the most significant causes. Today we see countless amount of people get diagnosed with these diseases at a young age. This often leads to physiological pressure being applied on these teens, for not understanding their ailment. For example, a good friend of mine lost his close family friend to suicide. She was diagnosed with Depression and she really didn’t understand why. Due to her lack of

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

According to afsp.org, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US. Each year 42,773 Americans die from suicide There are many possible reasons they could have done this and some will never know. Many kids don't want or like to talk about how they feel or why they are thinking of hurting themselves in any way. The student interviewed both the social worker and students that attend and work at James Giles School. The reporter spoke to the students first in room 126. The reported asked Mia Munoz a student at Giles school what her thoughts on suicide were. She looked down and was a surprised she thought for a minute and then replied , “... it is a really negative impact on a bunch of teenagers and this generation, it is so sad, but we need to make sure our teenagers feel safe.” The report also spoke to another Giles students names Hailee Polaski. The reported asked why she thinks students or young people have thought or commit suicide. She said, “... they usually feel left out, or alone, they feel like no ones there, they feel like there's nobody.”

Most suicidal successes are in males, who tend to use weapons for self destruction, whereas females often use medication as to seem accidental. In studies, “around 30% of high school students thought about suicide, 15% had a plan and half of those made an attempt” (Pena). Suicide affects adolescents of all races and social standings and two leading causes of suicide in adolescents are “mental disorders and issues within the family unit” (Hamilton). Almost all of teen suicide victims have one or more diagnosable illnesses, which are most often mental disorders like depression, substance abuse or behavior disorders. Sadly, “less than half of victims had doctors with knowledge of their condition and half of them had treatment options” (Bossarte).

Suicide is a very difficult topic to discuss, especially for those that have either attempted to end their life or for the families of those that ended their life. However, it is a topic that continues to cause headlines and tragedy as suicide attempts have been more and more common but studies have shown a decline in teen suicide (Kolves, & De Leon, 2015). According to Quinan Davidson et al (2013) an average of 220, 000 people between the ages of 10 and 24 commit suicide. Suicide is considered to be a death by a self-injurious behavior in which the intent is to die (CDC.gov, 2015).