Teen Suicide: Is it Preventable?

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Cindy, Juliette’s mother, walked into the attic and found a sight she was not prepared for. Expecting her daughter to be sitting on the floor doing homework or watching television on the couch, but she was hanging from the wooden rafters; her face as pale as a ghost’s. Juliette was only sixteen years old and her life was now over. Looking back now, Cindy realized that Juliette had been showing signs of depression ever since her sister was tragically killed in an automobile accident. Cindy blames herself because she should have gotten her daughter counseling or some other form of help, but she thought that Juliette was still getting over her sister’s death. A teen suicide is a tragic incident to happen in anyone’s life, but most people do not realize if their teen is possibly considering suicide. The third leading cause of death among teens and young adults ages fifteen to twenty-four is suicide. An examination of suicide by sex indicates that in the United States, nearly five times more 15- to 19-year-old boys than girls committed suicide in 1998 (NCHS, 2000b). Firearms are the most common way of committing suicide; with hanging being the second most common. When a teen commits suicide it could be because they are suffering from depression, being bullied at school, or dealing with a lot of stress. These issues can be very serious to teens that are trying to get their lives together and everything just seems to be going wrong. They begin to feel like there is no way out, so they consider suicide, but they quickly dismiss it. Then things keep getting worse and worse until they think suicide is their only way out, therefore they end their life; leaving a wake of hurting behind for their family (Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior... ... middle of paper ... ... Buffalo News, The (NY) 07 Apr. 2013: Newspaper Source. Web. 27. 2014. Gould PhD, MPH, Madelyn, and Rachel Kramer ScD. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. Issue Supplement s1. 31. The American Association for Suicidology, 2001. 6-31. Print. Khadarroo, Stacy Teicher. “Teen Suicide: Prevention is Contagious, Too.” Christian Science Monitor 08 Dec. 2013: N.P.A.G. Newspaper Source. Web. 27 Feb. 2014. King, Keith A. “Preventing Adolescent Suicide: Do High School Counselors Know The Risk Factors?.” Professional School Counseling 3.4 (2000): 255. Vocational and Career Collection. Web. 27 Feb. 2014. Mulrine, Anna. “Preventing Teen Suicide: It Starts With Straight Talk.” U.S. News & World Report 127.24 (1999): 64. Middle Search Plus. Web. 27 Feb. 2014 Peacock, Judith. “Chapter 7: Suicide Prevention.” Teen Suicide (2000): 44. Book Collection: Nonfiction. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.

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