Suicide
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents 15 - 19 years of age with homicide ranking the third most common way of death (King [1]). In the year 1994 alone, 2,270 teen's lives were abruptly ended when they decided to commit suicide. Possibly as many as 4,500 youth suicides and 900,00 youth suicide attempts could of actually occurred considering that "medical examiners underreport suicides by 25 - 50%, and that 100 to 200 attempts occur per youth suicide completion" (King [1]). The rate for teen suicide is increasing by 28.3% among the 15-19 year old age group and by 120% among 10 - 14 year olds age group, respectably (Suicide [1]). With such a show of drastically high numbers, it is evident that there is a problem in the world with adolescents committing suicide. There is simply to many teens taking their lives and leaving to many people to deal with the death of that teen. More information needs to be generated to the public about the causes of suicide, methods used to commit suicide, potential warning signs displayed before a suicide attempt is made, and the way of preventing teen suicide completion available in hopes of helping lower the numbers and percentages provided above.
There are many routes to take in trying to help aid in the prevention of teen suicide. One of the first things, and the most important thing, would be to educate yourself and others on the topic at hand. If a person does not know what to look for in a suicidal teenager or how to help the teen get assistance to save the life of that teen, then what good will that person serve in the prevention of the adolescent's suicide? There are groups available to help in the aid of educating people about suicide. Training school and community leaders to identify the risk factors and the youth at highest risk of suicidal thoughts, threats, and attempts would also be an important step in helping to lower the number of teen suicides. Educating the actual youth in danger of suicide would also help. Educating the youth about teen suicide in a sensitive context will not put ideas into the youth's head either. Over three - fourths, or 77%, of teens claim that if they were contemplating suicide, they would first turn to a friend. So it would seem that the peer - group assistance programs would have a beneficial outcome in prevention., and interventions, developing peer-support groups for teens, establishing suicide centers and hotlines, restricting access to highly lethal methods of suicide, and intervening after a suicide to prevent another attempt.. The educational programs would not only help the teens, but it would also help adults help the teens at risk of this type of behavior. occur anywhere. No social standing or income rate can predict whether a teen will commit suicide. Suicide occurs in any socioeconomic group. A teen should not be assessed on his or her socioeconomic background, but rather on the social and emotional characteristics like mood and social involvement within school, work, or home to determine if that individual teen is in danger of suicidal behavior (King [3]). Also, adolescent females are more likely to attempt suicide or to have thoughts of suicide (King [2]). Teen females are 1.5 to 2 times more likely to report having ideation of committing suicide and 3 to 4 more times likely to attempt a suicide. On the other hand, males are more likely to commit the suicide. Males are 4 to 5.5 times more likely of completing a suicide attempt. Out of every 25 females that attempt suicide, one completes it. With the males, one of every three that attempt to take their own life succeeds King [2]). Just because the females successfully complete fewer suicides then those of the male gender their threats or attempts should not be taken any less seriously. Furthermore, one - third to one - half of t
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