The Consequences of Adolescent Suicide

"More people in the general population die from suicide than homicide in North America. There are almost 11 suicide deaths each year for every 100,000 people living in the United States, and for every suicide, there are between 8 and 25 attempts" (Brent 4203). Based on this research, the great effect of suicide is displayed. According to dictionary.com, suicide can be defined as "the intentional taking of one's own life." Suicide is a major issue for all people, but it most obviously affects those ranging from ten to twenty-four. People need to understand the tremendous ramifications caused from suicide everyday; when people take their lives, others lose their loved ones. Suicide, one of the leading causes of death of numerous people each day, has reached a crisis point for adolescents and young adults, and it needs to be prevented.

The first sociologist to theorize on suicide and its sociological interpretations was Emile Durkheim. Durkheim worked during the late 1800’s identifying social structures as the key determinant in self-destructive behaviour. In his work Suicide: A study in Sociology, Durkheim stated that “suicide rates increase when a society’s value system breaks down.”2 Durkheim believed that the shared values of a society and the mechanisms in place that ensure that its members adhere to these values, is interpreted as a person’s “social structure.” Durkheim suggested two basic factors in social structure that heavily influence the incidence of suicide. These are regulation and integration. He believed that an individual needs to become part of, and find direction in his own society. Without these factors in place, suicide becomes a common substitute. Teens are often anxious about fitting in to their society (especially among peer groups) so it is clear that integration is essential to adolescence. Durkheim also suggested that it is these two factors

Suicide. The word catches everyone’s attention; it is the actions leading up to the suicide that goes unnoticed. Unfortunately, the suicide rates continue to increase, and the why remains unknown. In the United States, 44,193 American's died by suicide in 2015 with the state of Kentucky ranking 19th for the highest suicide rates (American Foundation of Suicide Prevention, 2015). In the state of Kentucky, there is a suicide every 12 hours (American Foundation of Suicide Prevention, 2015). Additionally, suicide is the second leading cause of death among the youth population in the state of Kentucky (Kentucky Center for School Safety, 2016). Suicide has the potential to impact everyone without discrimination. Therefore,

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When we think of someone committing suicide, we assume that the person committing the act must have been dealing with psychological issues, or was suffering from mental illness. Very rarely do we attribute societal factors to a person’s decision to end their life. However, the French scholar Émile Durkheim made this connection. Durkheim saw a correlation between social conditions and suicide (Appelrouth and Edles, 2016). Consequently, he conducted a study on suicide, from which he determined that suicide was a result of anomie and egoism. In an analysis of The New York Times article, “In Unit Stalked by Suicide, Veterans Try to Save One Another” by Dave Phillips, one can apply the theories of

Each year over forty thousand people in the United States die from suicide (Drapeau & McIntosh, 2014). It also kills more young people in the U.S. each year than all natural causes combined (Wyman et al., 2010). Each suicide completed personally affects six other people. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem and with education and awareness, suicide rates can decline. In 2013, the Institute of Medicine said suicide prevention is “a national imperative” (Ahmedani, Coffey, & Coffey, 2013)

Szasz, Thomas S. “The Ethics of Suicide.” Suicide, Right or Wrong? Ed. John Donnelly. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1990. 165-178. Print. Contemporary Issues in

While growing up, teens go through a period where they’re parting from their roots to find their own identity. Teens may go through struggles as they continue to grow among their peers and try to fit in with the crowd. This is a time of discovery and trying new things for teens and children alike. Throughout this time, they may go through adolescence, dating, and struggle with teen suicide within this part of their lives.

Kutner, Max. "Teen Suicide Is Contagious, and the Problem May Be Worse Than We Thought;

Suicide has historically been and continues to be a significant issue in the United States, for civilians as well as active duty military service members and veterans. While statistics surrounding suicide appear to be just numbers on a page, I personally implore the reader of the following paper to never lose sight of the fact that those numbers represent real people. Each one of those people, be they civilian or military, represent a loss of a father or a mother, a brother or a sister, a son or a daughter, a best friend, a comrade, …a person whose life, and that life’s potential, is now forever lost. The following statistics on suicide rates in the United States do not differentiate if the individual was a civilian, an active duty

On average, every day, 121 people die from suicide, which means 44,193 deaths each year just in the United States. On the other hand, for every one suicide, there are at least 25 attempts. Every attempt that “failed” is just another chance to save a life. An unknown source once quoted “Suicide doesn’t end the chances of life getting worse, it eliminates the possibility of it ever getting any better.” There are multiple methods a person can choose from to commit suicide, but this essay will be discussing two specific methods: jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge and physician-assisted suicide.

Every suicide effects more than the individual’s life, in truth it impacts families, communities and economic well-being of our nation. According, Piscopo, Lipari, Cooney, and Glasheen, (2016) “Suicide is an important public health problem in the United States and a tragedy for all involved—families, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and communities. In 2014, suicide was the 10th leading cause of death in the United States overall.1 Among people aged 10 to 34, suicide was the second highest cause of death, and for those aged 35 to 54, it was the fourth highest cause of death” (p. 2).

Suicide is a critical mental health concern in the contemporary American society. In particular, suicide is among the top ten causes of death in the U.S. Approximately, more than one hundred suicides occur every day with over 30,000 Americans dying by suicide every year. Notably, Suicide is a national health concern among military personnel and veterans. In that case, the suicide rate in the veteran fraternity is approximated to be higher than in the general public domain. As such, the devastating suicide rate

Throughout the duration of the cult children, females and males were killed as a punishment for disobeying Jones but these deaths were done individually until the cult ended with a massive suicide. The suicide killed 918 people.

Suicide is the act of purposely killing of oneself and considered as a serious public health problem. Most often, suicidal individuals are trying to avoid emotional or physical pain that they cannot bear; sometimes, they are very angry and take their lives to last out others (Piotrowski, N. & Hartmann, P., 2016). According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that in 2012, approximately 40,000 suicides were reported in the United States, making suicide the 10th leading reported cause of death for persons aged ≥ 16 years. From 2000 to 2012, rates of suicide among persons in this age group increased 21.1% from 13.3 per 100,000 to 16.1. The World Health Organization reported that many millions of people are affected or experience suicide