How To Prevent Suicide Essay

Suicide sadly, is something that happens in many different age groups, including adolescence and sometimes even younger generations. The only true way to prevent suicide is by paying close attention and making sure someone could be suicidal gets proper counseling. Letting someone know that are not allow is extremely important in preventing suicide, make sure they feel they have someone to talk to who can relate to them and will not judge them. Crandell et al says that adolescence is 13-19-year old’s, this is not a point in someone’s life where they can always find perspective and see the future. Therefore, we as humans need to also help the younger generation in knowing that things do get better, even when they seem like they never will. People

One movie that points this off well is Cyberbully, it shows a girl getting bullied and attempting suicide because of it. Her mother had rules set about computer access, but they were not always followed and everything kept building for her so she tried to kill herself. Adolescence has a greater risk because of how much they learn to hide on the computer from their parents who set the rules.

Psychiatric disorders are present in upwards of 90% of adolescent suicide victims and attempts, the most common are mood, anxiety, conduct, and substance abuse disorders (Cash and Bridge, 2009). Suicide has been linked to family history like many diseases and disorders in the world. But someone who feels hopeless, worthless, hated, and or unwanted is more likely to commit suicide. The likelihood increases with the more problems, disorders that they have, and if others tell them that they should kill themselves or that they wish they would

Other common ways of committing suicide are by overdosing, cutting, hanging, and other lethal steps. One way to help prevent suicide is to make sure that guns are safely secured and inaccessible to any adolescence, especially with any mental problems, including mood swings. Another way is to pay close attention to change in behavior, like withdrawing from friends and family, and make sure that they have someone professional to talk to.

Another thing that can help is by making sure that teenagers know there are places to reach out to for help and they can do it anonymously. Sometimes the best thing is being able to talk to someone and get everything out without having to worry about them knowing who you are or telling others. People should be aware of different signs or sayings from adolescence that are planning to commit suicide. Some of which are saying how they will not be a problem much longer, give away important or favorite items, complain a lot about themselves, or quickly change moods from depression to cheerfulness