Do economic classes affect the percentage of suicide rates? All types of people, rich and poor commit suicide, but suicide and suicide prevention are growing. The lives of about 4600 young people are lost because of suicide every year (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2014). So what is the country offering to help? There are many programs and treatments to help those who have resorted to or contemplated suicide. Specialized programs have been created, but not all are accessible. Money issues make it hard for some to access treatment. Economic classes are important factors in success rates of suicidal teens who receive treatment and those who do not. For young people between the ages of 1024, suicide is the third leading cause of death (CDC, 2014). Suicide is preventable, but we need to be aware of the causes, treatments and solutions.
Being Aware Is Critical
Preventing suicide requires people to have knowledge and understanding. It is best to be informed about signs, causes and forms of suicide. Signs of suicide may be very hard to detect; the signs can be subtle. Causes of suicide may come from home, but they also occur at school. Bullying, stress, low self esteem, and abuse are all leading factors in suicide (CDC, 2014;Suicide Awareness Voices of Education [SAVE], 2014).
Being a student, young people have many chances and opportunities to either prevent or cause suicide. People are pushed past their limits everyday. Out of all high school students, seven percent have attempted suicide, meaning they didn't succeed (Bullying Statistics, n.d.). Maybe they had someone who tried helping them. Knowing the facts and being aware does make a difference. One person could be the difference between life and death.
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The family can be just too ignorant about them or they might cause the harm to these people that lead them to kill themselves. The physicians might ignore the fact that their patients are capable of suicide. Lastly, the workplace, especially the schools are the main place of the cause of suicides because of bullying of their peers. These are just the three main things that can be responsible for a person’s suicide, there is probably a possible cause that can be held responsible for someone else’s suicide. Suicide is a very serious cause of death because it has its mystery that goes with it because people always find the reason why these people kill themselves.
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Some of these are broken romances, family tension, problems at school, and other pressures. All though most of the time it is more than just one of these causes. There are many signs to look out for in a teen that will/may commit suicide. Child and adolescent psychiatrists recommend that if one or more of these signs occurs, parents need to talk to their child about their concerns and seek professional help when the concerns persist.
Suicidal tendencies in adolescents begin around the ages of 10 through 19, with warning signs, prevention, treatment, and the causes and effects it has on the human psyche. Suicide is when someone decides to take his or her own life because and are suffering from a painful mental treatable illness and have lost hope in who they are. Because when hope is lost, some feel like suicide is the only solution to truly make the adolescents pain go away permanently. Scientific evidence that shows the people who have committed suicide had a diagnosable treatable mental disorder or substance abuse disorder (The National Institute of Mental Health, 2010). Those people might have been suffering from illness such as depression, mood disorders, personality disorders and or suffering from bullying. Being a victim of bullying can be linked to suicidal thoughts as well as behavior in adolescents. Other causes might also include having family problems at home, problems at work, school and or with school peers. Suicide is a serious problem though it not only affects the victim, but it also affects family members, loved ones, along with friends.