The Spread Of Suicide In The United States

"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.

Lives are slowly being lost due to suicide and not only is it affecting themselves but also the people who are around them. Suicide is defined as taking of one’s own life and it is an issue that should be given all attention to. Teen suicide has been talked about in every source of media and it still continues to have a harmful effect in todays generation. In the United States the eighth leading cause of death is suicide, within developing teens, suicide is the third leading cause of their deaths (NAMI). There are many signs of someone who is contemplating suicide. And there are many reason for someone to be driven to the point of suicide. Those reasons being if the teenager is dealing with depression, bullying, sexual abuse and abuse

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.

The act of killing yourself, most often as a result of depression or other mental illness (Fox, 2013). In the United States, more than two percents of deaths are due to suicide. The highest rate is for men over the age of sixty nine, but is increasing everyday in young people of the ages fifteen to twenty four. One million people commit suicide worldwide annually, and ten million to twenty million people attempt suicide annually. There are roughly about thirty thousand people that kill themselves every year just in the United States. The actual number could be higher because some deaths are recorded as an accident, single car accident, or something that isn’t even recognized as a suicide. In men it is the eighth leading cause of death and in women it is the sixteenth leading cause of death. The higher frequency of completed suicides in males versus females is consistent across the life span. Teenage at the ages of fifteen to nineteen years old will commit suicide five as often as females their age. Men at the ages of twenty to twenty four years of age will commit suicide ten times more often as women. The rate for gay and lesbian individuals is much higher at them attempting suicide.

Some parents overreact when they heard their children tell them about their negative feelings, the parents will become extremely angry, sad or even blame their children for talk about negative things. Some parents did not take their children’s word seriously, and not patient enough to listen to their children finish telling the stories (Freedenthal). There are many things that parents did that make the teens don’t want to trust the parents anymore and fear to talk to them. Therefore, adults cannot just blame on children for not talking to them as the reason why that they cannot save their children’s lives from suicide. Parents need to reflect on their own problems that make their children afraid of

People need to be informed on why teens commit suicide and what signs to look for. Teens are slowly slipping away because of this deadly subject and people need to start noticing. Sometimes people can get caught up in their own personal lives and not even notice when a loved one is considering suicide. In the seven articles read, there were a variety of things that people seem to overlook often. Why teens are committing suicide and what people can do to help victims who are considering, are two main points that are important for people to know. In a Kids Health article about teen suicide, it talks about teen suicide and different things people need to know about it.

Suicide takes the lives of more than 40,000 people in the United States every year-that’s more than twice the number of homicides. Every 12.3 minutes there is a confirmed death by suicide in this country. It’s the 10th leading cause of death across the lifespan and the 2nd leading cause of death for those 15-24 years old. Men die by suicide at almost 3.5 times the rate of women and women attempt suicide at

Over the years, the publication of deaths has changed. There has been a general increase of media coverage around deaths surrounding suicides due to the increasing growth of social media and technology. A critical review on literature will analyze how publicized suicides in the media have influenced societal suicide rates. The literature reviewed will be analyzed in comparison to models of suicide from Emile Durkheim and Edwin Shneidman. The large theoretical issue of suicidal deaths will be examined in comparison to current literature precise to suicide coverage within the media. The media is a strong outlet that can influence the attitudes of society. With an addition of celebrity media coverage, it provides an even stronger media outlet. The coverage of celebrity suicides broadcasted through mass media impact’s societies by having a negative impact on attitudes of individuals causing an increase in suicide rates.

Some may argue that talking about suicide in schools might put the idea into a students head and put them at more of a risk. For instance, “Talking to Students About Suicide” argues, “Students shouldn't have to talk about such a serious topic unless they personally need to, otherwise, it could be uselessly planting an idea in their head” (Gallagher). Even though people say talking suicide in schools would end up giving some students negative ideas, studies have shown that if schools talk about it in a safe way, students will gain awareness rather than negative encouragement. To start, “Schools Confront Teen Suicide” claims, “Schools teaching suicide prevention will allow students and teachers to learn how to identify warning signs within themselves

Dr. Christine Moutier says, “The message being delivered is that if you kill yourself, become the most popular kid in school” (Kutner). What she means by this is that when a teen decides to end their life, not only will their friends be grieving and talking about them but the ‘popular’ kids will too. Mental health professionals and educators have also found that students are extremely susceptible to their peers' positive support (Hinckley). When the media reports on these cases, it draws positive support towards the subject therefore leading teens’ perception to change. The influence of a suicide can be blown out of focus when the media attention is intense. Specialists said, "For certain groups of vulnerable students, that can become very tempting" (Schworm). Teens also seem to think that they are really going to teach whoever is the cause of their troubles a lesson and they will pay for what they have done. The reality of that perception is dead wrong. Teens don’t realize that while that person may feel guilty, people move on. When you decide to commit suicide, there is no coming back. Christopher Button, a recently graduated health psychology student now a policy adviser with the U.S. Office of Disability Employment Policy from the University of Iowa, explains how adolescents lack the thinking skills to allow them to fully understand the finality of death. Young teens are also impulsive and

Every year more teens are dying by one thing, which is suicide. Why? Sometimes teens feel useless and worthless. Suicide is not something to joke about. If someone you know has joked about taking his or her life, they may not be joking. We need to educate ourselves about how serious the problem is, why teens would consider suicide, and what we can do if we know someone who’s considering suicide.

Many people consider suicide a taboo subject best left in the shadows. A dark subject not often understood, and more times than not, occurring with no logical reason for the “why” a person would be willing to intentionally take their own life. Suicide is an act that knows no boundaries. Regardless of whether an individual is young, old, male, female, black, white, rich or poor, suicide has a way of finding itself into many families’ lives. When suicide is the cause of death, many families suffer difficulty finding closure, because they most likely will never know the reason their loved one decided to succumb to their own inner demons. The people left behind may spend the remainder of their lives wondering if there was anything they could have done to have prevented such a tragic loss of life. According to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, “For every American who dies by suicide, many others attempt suicide, and many more suffer the despair that leads them to consider taking their own life.” This tragedy is even more overwhelming when the victim is a child. Sadly, according to a 2015 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report by Erin Sullivan, et al. from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the second leading cause of death in the United States of teens/adolescents between the ages of 10 to 24, only exceeded by accidents (unintentional injuries).

After the evaluation of teenagers over the years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has concluded that the teenage suicide rate has risen. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for people aged fifteen to twenty-four, and accidents and homicides are the only causes of death ahead of suicide. This figure does not take into account the attempted suicides, and for every suicide that ends in a death, there are twenty-five attempted suicides. One major factor in the increase in suicide rates is bullying. Although bullying is currently becoming easier to poll off, this was not always the case. Teenagers and kids used to be able to leave their school problems at school, but now “it enters homes via social media so it has become increasingly aggressive and there is no escaping it” (Greenberg). These school problems have led to one out of every six high school students acknowledging experiencing

Suicide is usually a permanent solution to problems that are normally temporary. Most people may deem suicide as a cowardly act as the person committing it is trying to hide from the truth or avoiding some particular consequences that may be waiting for them if they stay alive. While this is to be true one must also understand that there are deeper issues and instead of passing judgement on a person one should offer guidance to help the individual prevent this from happening. In my opinion I feel that people who attempt suicide are alone, no one to confine in and afraid to ask for help without being looked down upon.

Suicide is the third-leading cause of death among 15 to 24-year-old (Green, Paragraph 1) Teenage suicide is the intentional act made by teenagers usually below the age of 19 to take their lives. Suicide is not thought of in a day. It is a series of processes that goes on in the mind before manifesting. Although, during these processes there are visible signs that shows a prospective suicidal person. There are factors that trigger and cause the act of suicide in a teenager. Most of these factors are usually the major causes but are not identified as one. The major influences of teenage suicide are the parent’s denial of the signs of suicide. Some other influences of teenage suicide include bullying, drug and alcohol abuse, depression and