Teenage Suicide Is A Big Problem

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.

There is too much teen suicide in the United States. Many teens who are depressed have mental issues such as depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, etc. Often, teens who have these issues feel as if they don’t belong. They don’t feel like talking about certain things going on in their life. Issues regarding sexuality, bullying, and abuse make children feel hopeless and unwanted. They feel alone. The suicide rate has gone up dramatically. There are approximately 100,000 suicides per year and 10,000 to 20,000 of them being from ages 14 to 24. Suicide is also the 3rd leading cause of death for teens.

Teen suicide is increasing in America in teens age’s 14-17,young males,minorities;through the availability of guns,alcohol,drugs,and lack of support.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 2015, suicide is the second leading cause of death in the adolescent population in this country and the number of occurrences continues to rise at a dramatic rate. For every teen that completes a suicide, 100 make an attempt, making suicide a paramount public health issue that needs to be addressed. Statistics show that since 2009, the rates of attempted and completed suicide, in this age group continue to steadily increase (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2015; Taliaferro, Oberstar, & Wagman-Borowsky, 2012).

Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 10-24 year olds in the United States (Kim, Dickstein). Every year there are thousands of teens dying, not from cancer, getting shot, or car accident, but by their own hands. Teens make the choice of committing suicide. Researchers reported that the number of teen suicides are rapidly growing each year. Whether people realize it or not, this is a huge problem and people need to acknowledge this situation. This problem can be prevented, just like any other problem in our world. Last year, there was this guy who committed suicide days before his graduation, but no one knew the justification behind his actions nor seen the signs. Locals would say many reasons why he did it, but only he knew why he did it. There are many causes to someone wanting to commit suicide. According to his mother, he was somewhat depressed, but continue to say that there was nothing wrong with him. Depression is the leading cause of someone wanting to committing suicide. Based on my research, I have come to the conclusion that depression is the main cause of suicide and experts agree with

Teen suicide is a major problem in the United States today. It has effected most people in some sort of way throughout their lives. The facts have shown “Over the past decade, however, the rate has again increased to 12.1 per 100,000. Every day, approximately 105 Americans die by suicide”(Suicide Awareness). People need to start taking action so the rate of teen attempting or actually committing suicide goes down. There are many ways of improving this problem.

Teenagers all around the world are having millions of suicidal thought running through their minds. Even if they have a happy childhood when they grow up and become adolescents, they can become suicidal.(Berman , 2006). There are several different factors that contribute to make a teenager think suicide is the only solution. Depression, bullying, lack of parent's attention are just some of many causes that lead to a teenager's suicide. In the United States suicide is the third cause of death in teenagers between 15-24 years old (Gould, 2004). Studies have shown that having a gun in the house is a big contributor to suicide. Many other causes can involve psychological issues like depression, a bipolar

The article by Keith A.King “Preliminary Effectiveness of Surviving the Teens® Suicide Prevention and Depression Awareness Program on Adolescents' Suicidality and Self-Efficacy in Performing Help-Seeking Behaviors.” was a very interesting article about teen suicide. It showed a lot of the main points on suicide and also had some statistics. Suicide is the third most leading cause of death in kids from ages 10-24 (King 581). The article also stated that a Cincinnati high school did a experiment on all of the students and found that 80% of the students

Teen suicide is something that is endless, it will never stop but if everyone was educated on it, it could help prevent deaths. I think with people provided with statistics and further information can help avoid adolescent suicide attempts. I think most teen suicide cases could be prevent if we knew the signs to look for and the ways to stop it. I believe parents would feel safer if they knew knowledge on the issue and how to handle it. The intended audiences for this essay is parents or friends of suicidal teens. This essay is important because, as mentioned earlier, we need to be educated on suicide to end tons of tragedies. It is also important to be aware of the warning signs to help prevent. This essay is relevant because teen suicide is a war that happens daily, and will continue to happen, until we take control of the situation and do something to stop it. If family members were informed of the cause and symptoms leading up to the attempt of suicide, then there is less likely that teenagers would try and commit

Suicide is a harsh reality. Imagine a 12-year-old girl who doesn’t fit in with the crowd. She’s bullied at school, and her parents are going through a nasty divorce. The girls is suffering from severe depression and doesn’t have friends to talk to. One day after her parents leave for work, she goes into their bedroom and picks up her father’s medication, and then she does the unthinkable because of her pain. Unfortunately, every two hours and three minutes a teen commits suicide. Teen suicide has become a major problem due to depression, sexuality, drug abuse, and bullies.

In the United States alone, there were a total of 41,149 deaths due to suicide, which makes suicide the 10th leading cause of death (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, 2015). Suicide affects individuals of all ages, to include our school aged youth. The number of suicides among our youth has been on a steady rise for the past few years, but what factors are playing a part in the rise of suicides? The loss of these young lives is preventable; all we must do is incorporate mandatory suicide awareness and prevention training in our middle and high schools.

A mother finds her 17 year old teenage son hanging from the rafters of their basement. To hear of this occurrence is not rare in society today. Every 90 minutes a teenager in this country commits suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds. The National suicide rate has increased 78% between 1952 and 1992. The rate for 15-19 year olds rose from two per 100,000 to 12.9, more than 600 percent. (Special report, Killing the Pain, Rae Coulli)

Suicide has been listed as the third leading cause of death in individuals of ages 15-24 years, according to the (Center of Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2008). Suicide by definition is the act of intentionally taking one’s own life by the use of drugs or lethal methods. Firearms are the most common method of suicide across all ages. Suicide and Suicidal attempts have been growing at an alarming rate (Diekstra & Garnefski, 1995) and theses activities are commonly found within individuals undergoing the adolescence phase. In the United States, the death rate of suicide is 7.32 and 12.58 per 100,000 in adolescents and young adults respectively (CDC, 2009). This is said to be a consistent trend with international averages (Heuveline, 2002).

Teen suicide is a drastic public health concern and immediate action is needed to prevent suicide from occurring more frequenting in youth. Research shows that suicide is the third leading cause of death among high school students (Bauman, Toomey, Walker, 2013). Additionally, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, stated that 13. 8% of the students were seriously considering suicide and 6.3% have attempted suicide in the last 12 months before the survey was given (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009). There is a gap understanding the risk of teen suicide, since many of the research available relates to adults. The risk of teen suicides is increasing dramatically by 300% since 1950s (Miller & Eckert, 2009). School professionals should be able to identify suicidal students, understand the role that the school plays in preventing suicide, and the cultural variables found in youth suicide.

Teen suicide rates in the United States doubled between 1960s and 1990s. There is no clear explanation on this trend even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attributes this to increased reporting. There has been