my motivations to become a mental health counselor. Personally, I can think of nothing more rewarding than helping people through dark times and giving hope for a brighter future. Deep down, I’m an idealist with enough life experience to pepper my expectations. There are countless possible research topics within the mental health field, but I’ve recently developed a deep appreciation of suicide prevention since volunteering for the Kern County Mental Health Hotline. I’ve also become acutely aware of
On average, about 44,193 Americans die by suicide every year and worldwide the suicide rate has gone up by 60 percent in the last 50 years. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US. The most common reasons or risk factors to why people would resort to suicide are depression, bullying, hopelessness, fear, perfectionism, regrets, and etc. Over the years the suicide rate keeps increasing more and more, and the more it increases, the more people are becoming aware of the problem and are
college-based hotline will be another way for students to talk to someone anonymously for those who are too scared to talk to a professional, friend, or family. This way, they can talk about their problems instead of keeping it bundled in and continue to feel the negative feelings and thoughts. This will be aimed for students that are quieter than others or who are scared to talk in public or private settings and just want to remain anonymous. There will be a graduate student in charge of the hotline and various
As youth grow and continue to develop they tend to engage in suicidal behaviors due to modeling, according to Insel and Gould (2008) teens tend model suicide behaviors due to exposure in the media, exposure from other suicidal peers and a cluster of suicides in their general area. A comprehensive image of risk in young people requires also the consideration of the family’s psychopathology and environmental properties. Young children and teenagers also tend to have under developed pre fontal cortex
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), suicide is the third leading cause of death for adolescents aged 15-24 years old. This calculates to 33,000 adolescents killing themselves each year (CDC, 2010). The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), reported that suicide amongst all individuals nation wide has declined over all, but despite the decline, adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19 have shown suicide rates that has increased by 6 percent (NCSL, 2005). The most
Mental Health (NIMH) has named the illness depression as a feeling of sadness that extends beyond a couple days and interferes with daily life (Depression, NIMH). Maintaining a balanced life-style is difficult as a college student but when experiencing symptoms of depression, difficult starts to become an understatement. 8.4% of college students are said to experience some sort of depressive symptom during their time on a college campus (Depression, NIMH). According to the Suicide Prevention Center
• Title: “Reduce Suicide Attempts by Adolescents” • Dates of Implementation: January 26, 2017 and March 8-9, 2017 • Healthy People 2020 Topic: Mental Health and Mental Disorders • Healthy People 2020 Objective: MHMD-2: Reduce suicide attempts by adolescents (Healthy People, 2020, n.d.) • My SLEP action plan is designed to educate the students of Boaz High School Health Science Department on the causes, signs and prevention of suicide attempts. I plan to make a pamphlet to hand out to all students
In health care we work with many populations. When working with the adolescent population we have many health care challenges. Adolescents experiences profound physical changes which occur rapidly. These include increased rate of bone and muscle growth, sex specific changes and development of the sexual reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics. “”Changes are created by hormonal changes within the body when the hypothalamus begins to produce gnoadotropin-releasing hormones” (Potter
Adolescent 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
suicide, The Silent Killer Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death across all ages in the United States. It is also the second leading cause of death for 15 - 35 year olds nationwide. The World Health Organization (or WHO) estimates that approximately 1 million people die every year from suicide. However, almost twice that number that attempt it and survived. In Georgia suicide is the third leading cause of death with roughly 1,000 death per year. Suicide has lasting effects on families and communities;