We Must Work to Prevent Suicide

“Suicide is applied to all cases of death resulting directly or indirectly from a positive or negative act of the victim himself, which he knows will produce this result” (Durkheim 34). Suicide is a phenomenon that has plagued our world since the beginning of time. It currently accounts for the second leading cause of death in people ages ten to twenty-four years old (Garni Powerpoint). This means of ending your own life is something we can prevent as a society. If we can eliminate societal pressures and stereotypes we can all be treated equally. All suicides during a certain time period are grouped together, when in all reality we should be treating each situation as it’s own. Durkheim states “...with it’s own unity, individuality, and consequently its own nature- a nature, furthermore, dominantly social”.

The recent death of Robin Williams, famous actor and comedian, has sparked some dialog about suicide. It seems that his death pried opened some eyes to see this silenced issue. Our society begins to talk about suicide more and more everyday. Not too long ago, my community faced several suicides. One of my friends killed herself in late September of 2013. Over the following year, three more suicides occurred in the surrounding schools. Those deaths were incredibly painful for family and friends, myself included. This brought realization to me, students, and parents in the county. It came to our attention that there was a problem rising, that is still growing, in our schools and homes. Suicide is often found in youth because it is a troubled time for most people that age, but Robin Williams death also brings attention to the increasing

The topic of suicide can easily become uncomfortable when discussing. Thoughts of family or friends using a permanent solution to a temporary problem is hard to grasp. Why would an individual choose to do this? Did it stem from personal reasons or was it fueled by a number of out-siding factors. Using Sociology we can decipher human behavior and gain an insight into a global issue .

Every 40 seconds someone in the world DIES by suicide, every 41 seconds someone is left to make SENSE of it. Suicide is when someone intentionally end his or her own life for varying reasons which they find them reasonable and worthy enough to give up their lives. Suicide is event that is hard to cope with especially then the one who dies is young the devastation is even more profound. Suicide recently settled in the 3rd place of the top leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year olds, barely surpassed by homicide and accidents (http://www.kidshealth.org). Many life events that happens on daily basis could lead to thoughts as confusion, self-doubt, bullying, depression, financial issues or pressure to succeed. When It comes to pressure to succeed in some countries like Egypt parents are adamant about the idea that their children must achieve educational ranks and get enrolled in what they see high prestigious majors as medicine and engineering. Suicide would be prevented more psychologically than physically as the tools used for ending one’s life or self-harming usually is accessible to all the people, it could be a firearm, pills or jumping of heights they are all easy to reach methods or tools. However, parents rarely give attention or realise the prevalence of suicide.

Suicide is a rising issue in today 's society. Studies show that suicide has become the third leading cause in death in America (Litwiller, Brausch 2013). There are many factors that play a part in suicide, but the main components that are going to be discussed in this proposal is climate, gender, and bullying . Researchers have been doing studies on suicide for years. There are approximately 3,000 suicides per day and taken from the World Health Organization the rate of suicide has increased over 60% in the past forty five years (Jalles and Andresen 2014).

Schizophrenia is developed by about 1% of the population, which is almost about 2.2 million Americans. It is known to be typical among teenagers and people in their early 20s. However, the worst part is, about 10% of people with schizophrenia decide to commit suicide and or develop problems like alcohol and drug abuse. Most of them however, prefer to be left alone and are not aggressive.

The percentage of being diagnosed with schizophrenia in the world is about 1% and the percentage of having schizophrenia in America is about 1.2% which is roughly 3.2 million people. Then in just a year 1.5 million people around the world will be diagnosed with schizophrenia. The most common age that people get diagnosed with schizophrenia is in between the ages of 15-25 that is when it starts to show up, and is typically less common to have it after age 40. Usually males start to develop the illness faster at a younger age than females do which only starts to develop a few years older than 18. Suicides become more common in schizophrenics who have dealt with it longer than others have like people who have had it ten years the percentage of

Adjustment disorders are conditions of stress and depression that put teens in cycles of sadness that causes emotional trauma that is very difficult to recover from, after experiencing traumatic events in life. This book, adjustment disorders, describes how adjustment disorders can lead to suicide thoughts and states, “Adjustment disorders may lead to suicide or suicidal thinking. Researchers have found that the suicidal process moves faster and involves more rapidly in patients with adjustment disorders than in those with major depression”(Scherstuhl). This describes how adjustment disorders can make a person suicidal fairly easily and are often present in most suicidal teenagers. The girls in The Virgin Suicides most likely suffered from this and

We all have faced difficult situations that have evoked disturbingly negative thoughts. While many seek a therapeutic way of coping with the predicaments that they face, others turn to absurd forms of escape. Unfortunately, two destructive forms of escape are growing rampantly; homicides and suicides. According to the article Is Suicide a More Present Danger Than Murder?, it states that for every two homicides, three suicides occur (Radford). Even though it has been statistically shown that the national suicide rate is higher than the national homicide rate, these two issues are still equally daunting. It is possible that people who kill others and people that kill themselves share the same reasons for committing such acts. However, they each receive a different consequence in the end and each evoke a different reaction from the public. Although homicides and suicides are both extremely violent behaviors and can be caused by similar factors, each are perceived differently by society and affect different people in society.

Teen suicide is big in the USA today, Suicide is not something that can be overlooked. Teenhealths.org states that “It is the third leading cause of dealth in todays youth”.Young teens go threw depression, looking it all over its usally 15-24 year olds go threw this. Suicide is very traumatic when teens go threw all of these different types of depression an anxiety. In this essay, I want to express why this a big problem that we need to learn to notice because it's happening according to the jasons foundation “on average 1 person commits suicide every 16.2 minutes”. I really think that that’s very sad an I want that number to go down.

Discussing suicide can be a very controversial and thought provoking issue. At first glance, one may just think it’s a very black and white topic, and most would agree that suicide consists of someone voluntarily taking their own life. For most people, they would believe it is wrong, but what about in certain cases where the person that chooses suicide is enduring severe suffering? What is the appropriate view about assisted suicide? Why is teen suicide so prevalent? This book addresses these questions, along with many others. The book “Suicide” gives many different views from many different writers regarding the discussion of suicide in hopes of bringing a new thought and outlook on the topic. (Connors). There are several other discussions in the book, such as suicide bombing, but to focus on a certain aspect of the book I will leave that topic out.

The act of intentionally killing oneself, also known as suicide, has often been referred to as a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The great social theorist, Emile Durkheim, once stated that, “Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved, and which, consequently, cannot be explained by the social and general causes of the phenomenon.” (Durkheim). This social phenomenon was studied and scientifically researched by Durkheim in order to discover and break the social causes and theories that allowed for its existence. While suicide is an uncomfortable subject to discuss, it has become extremely prevalent in all cultures and society- we have yet to escape this social issue. Although suicide affects those of all ages, the rates of suicide amongst the youth and young adults (aged 15-24) have nearly tripled in the past half century. Has this epidemic increased due to social media? Is it just a “trend” amongst this generation? Were Durkheim’s theories on the subject correct? These are just a few of the many questions that arise when considering the increasing rates of suicide among today’s youth. This research paper will examine the definitions and types of suicide in Durkheim’s studies, the current suicide rates and statistics, and most importantly, the contributing factors of suicidal tendencies in today’s world of youth and adolescents.

As you walk upon the dark, stormy day making your way to the funeral you ask yourself, “How could they have done this? What lead them to the point of where their own life was the price they had to make to achieve happiness?” Moments before, you were woken up by a phone call at midnight, from your mother’s friend, getting the unexpected news that your friend has recently shot themselves in the head. As the service is minutes away from ending, you start to wondering, “How could I miss the signs?” In school, they smiled at everyone, they were the highest ranked student in the school and was the leaning shoulder that everyone could rely on. Now the only thing that you have left from them is a small note thanking you for being there for them, but it wasn’t enough. Your mind would be left to wonder the reason why they went for a permanent solution to solve their problems while they rest in eternal peace. According to CBS News, one person commits a suicide about every 40 seconds around the world. With more than half a million people committing this act, you are left to wonder why this is not a topic of controversy or a matter discussed worldwide. The topic of debate with-in suicide is that if someone were to commit this act, if rationalized or irrationalized, it can determine if they did it for honor or took the coward’s way out.

Medication is something that has an important role in how their mental health gets treated. Wrong medications can cause a worse effect on the mental status thus leading to possible suicide. According to the American Foundation For Suicide Prevention, there is only one medication that is approved by the FDA for suicide risk reduction in people that have schizophrenia and that is clozapine (“Treatment — AFSP."). There should be more medications out there for the ones that need the medication for their disorder. To treat depression, there is about 22 medications that are currently approved by the FDA, one of the most common one is an antidepressant which takes about 4-12 weeks to start feeling the affects, but within the first couple weeks you can see a minimum improvement from the treatment (“Treatment —

Research shows that more people die from suicide than from car accidents in this day and age (Schworm). Suicide is the act of killing oneself, which is usually caused by some sort of mental illness. In the past few decades the suicide rate in teens has significantly increased causing arguments on how to handle this growing issue. One of the most frequent arguments regarding suicide has been on whether or not teen suicide cases should be made public through media. The media reporting on teen suicides has a positive effect in society because it brings communities together, it prompts teens to receive help, and it shows how families have been affected.