Children at Risk of Suicide

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1. Describe the characteristics of children who are at risk for suicide. Include the statistics related to children and suicide and gender differences.

(214) Young children who are at risk of committing suicide may have suffered a loss of a loved one, or are suffering family stress like the parent being unemployed or there being abused by a parent or family friend, and their probably suffering from depression. These children are the ones that show behavioral patterns such as: running away from home, accident-proneness, aggressive acting out, temper tantrums, self criticism by others, low tolerance of frustration, sleep problems, dark fantasies, day dreams, hallucination, marked personality changes, and overwhelming interest in death and suicide (Comer, 2013, pp. 302). These children are just looking for an escape route to either escape or reunite with a loved one. Suicide in children has been rising over the past couple of years more than 6 percent of death among children ages 10 to 14 are caused by suicide. Boys seem to outnumber girls in this case with 5 to 1 ratio’s and almost every 1 in 100 children try to harm themselves and many be hospitalized for destructive acts like: stabbing or cutting one selves, trying to burning or shoot themselves, or even overdosing on medication and jump off high places(Comer, 2013, pp. 155). In the United States alone 1 in every 100,000 children kill themselves each year (Comer, 2013, pp. 301).
References
Comer, R. J. (2013) Abnormal Psychology, 8th Ed. New York, NY: Worth Publishers.

2. Describe the four (4) kinds of people who end their lives, according to Edwin Shneidman. Also, include an original example of how each kind of person may carry out his or her suicide.

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...stion like how did you feel when so and so did this or how did you feel trying to take your life did you regret the decision when you where attempting suicide. They would ask more question than I listed and maybe not those, but similar question which they would use to compile the callers suicide potential. After that they would ask about the callers family and friends which they would use to reassure the caller that they are not alone, helpless, or ineffectual and that they do have resources. Finally, they would want to establish a plan to continue counseling either at the center or by phone and want to set up a contract that the caller promises they won’t attempt suicide or to at least promise to reestablish contact if they consider suicide again (Comer, 2013, pp. 310).

References
Comer, R. J. (2013) Abnormal Psychology, 8th Ed. New York, NY: Worth Publishers.

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