Introduction
Suicide in young adults is one of the leading causes of death that is causing panic in the nation. Suicide is either the last resort or the only thing on a persons mind when they can’t handle things that aren’t going their way. Suicide can be the only answer for some people. The reasons why young adults commit suicide are the pressure of society, being bullied, and having sexual relations at such a young age.
Young Adults and Suicide
Suicide is the third ranking cause of death in the fifteen to twenty four age ranges. Days after Richard Kirchhoff’s son committed suicide, he decided he wasn’t going to keep quiet. “Most people don’t like to say the ‘s-word’, which is part of the problem” (Richard Kirchhoff) is a public speaker against teen suicide; he tries to help families understand that they are not alone in anything. Kirchhoff urges parents to sign a form stating that they want to see the progress their student is having in school and how many times they have visited the campuses medical visits.
Some studies show that another reason for suicide would be unemployment. “ A 2010 study by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that adults ages: eighteen to twenty five were far more likely to have seriously considered suicide in the last year than those ages: twenty six to forty nine, and nearly here times more likely those fifty or older” (Cullota) Steve Seweryn, an epidemiologist with the Cook County Department of Public Health, agreed that it’s difficult to find out exactly why young adults take their own lives.
Teenagers in high school and just starting their college years are at high risk for suicide. Problems with a relationship or getting rejected from a college, feeling sa...
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.... That teen might fall behind in school, because she might be the only one to watch the baby. Having a child shouldn’t add to the stress that any normal teenager would have.
They might be worried about how they can no longer attend the college they want to go to. Having a child at such a young age is difficult. That teen may only think suicide is the only option. That teen might also try to have an abortion, but that feeling of having been pregnant, and the scaring effects of it all might harm them emotionally.
Conclusion
Teen suicide is the leading cause of death in the nation next to cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, and influenza. 31,000 Americans committed suicide each year and thousands attempted it. The burden of suicide is longing in a family. It’s a hole in their family that can’t be filled. Suicide is an inexplicable act.
People have different reasons to die by their own hands. Emotional, environmental, and, mental are the three categories that most people's reasons fall into. Undoubtedly, emotional causes often spur from breakups, or other drastic negative changes in social life. Oftenly, teens will commit suicide to “ escape feelings of pain, rejection, hurt, being unloved, victimization, or loss”(Tracy, 2016). Consequently, when teens have no solutions for their problems they feel that suicide is the solution. “Bullying, cyber bullying, abuse, detrimental home life, loss of a loved one or even a severe breakup” are ways that the environment can increase the chances of voluntary death (Tracy, 2016). Also, “Most teens who attempt suicide do so because of
Being a parent is very demanding and can be hard. The difficulties that come with an unplanned pregnancy in teens can have a profound effect on their life. Their physical, social, mental, and emotional health will all be affected by a sudden change in the course of their life. Teens impacted with an unplanned pregnancy will have to give up many things in order to be a parent. In addition, they will have to take on many more responsibilities that accompany pregnancy and parenthood. All in all, having an unplanned pregnancy and becoming a parent introduce many new responsibilities and difficulties.
A mother finds her 17 year old teenage son hanging from the rafters of their basement. To hear of this occurrence is not rare in society today. Every 90 minutes a teenager in this country commits suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds. The National suicide rate has increased 78% between 1952 and 1992. The rate for 15-19 year olds rose from two per 100,000 to 12.9, more than 600 percent. (Special report, Killing the Pain, Rae Coulli)
There are many growing issues in our society, and suicide is one of the largest. Teens everywhere are finding reasons to end their life. The leading cause of suicide in America is a mental disease, next comes depression, and then the feeling
Teen suicide can result from a number of scenarios. When you hear of teens who commit suicide, a lot of people would think it's due to the most common cases which are unhappiness or depression. But in fact, there are different factors to what causes suicide. For an example, as stated in the article Teen Suicide from Kids Health, teens attempt suicide for multiple reasons. These reasons revolve around psychological problems such as anxiety, bipolar disorders, or drug abuse or even dealing with bisexuality or homosexuality in an unsupportive family or hostile school environment. The individuals who usually face th...
Teen suicide should never be on the minds of our youth. It’s a dreadful circumstance that happens almost on a daily basis. I chose this topic for my core assessment because I can relate to this topic. My cousin committed suicide when he was 19 years old. The pain and suffering that we as a family went through can’t even be described. Some say that people who commit suicide are selfish cowards who don’t think of their families when they act. Others say that the individual isn’t in their right mind to comprehend what is going on. I usually tend to lean towards the last assumption because personally, I feel that my cousin never committed suicide, his state of mind did. Teen suicide is one of the leading causes of death for adolescents in addition to accidents such as vehicles and drugs. My future career in law enforcement will deal with teen suicides. It’s inevitable. In addition, it’s the police officers responsibility as well as the families, and schools to detect the risk and prevent these suicidal behaviors by these teenagers. Yet, how are people supposed to know what teens are feeling deep down inside? Most teenagers can hide or act their feelings like professionals. Personally the best way to know what your teens are thinking or going through is talk to them on a daily basis; whether it’s at the dinner table or even while watching television. These measures will change your teenager’s life because he/she will know that someone cares and loves them.
The risk factors associated with suicide are the presence of psychological issues that can range from depression, bipolar disorders, anxiety, and anger. Genetics may play a part of the mental issues for some teenagers which can contribute to thoughts of suicide. Major disappointments and failure in school are other triggers for suicidal tendencies. Mood disorders, particularly depression are significant risk factors for suicide-related behaviors in teenagers. Many teenagers are very vulnerable to society and would do just about anything to fit into that social circle just for acceptance (Mood Disorder, 2011). Cognitive changes are also a factor in the psychological and emotional state of teenagers and play a role in suicidal thinking and behavioral issues (Adolescence,
There are multiple negative effects of teen suicide. Large numbers of teens that do not have support from friends, peer groups, family, or religious association may and can feel isolated from the world and disconnected. (Larry’s). The tragedy of a young person dying as a result of overwhelming hopelessness is devastating to everyone. Suicide rates differ between boys and girls. Girls think about and attempt suicide about twice as often as boys, and attempt suicide by overdosing. Boys die by suicide about four times as often as girls, due to using more lethal methods, such as firearms, hanging, or jumping from heights. (Nock). There are several different factors that may lead a teenager to take their life, but the most common is depression. Feelings of hopelessness and anxiety, along with feelings of being trapped in a life that one cannot handle, are contributors to teen suicide. It is important to be on the lookout for signs that your teen may attempt suicide. Some of the warning signs are similar to normal adolescent behavior. At times, preventing teen suicide means treating teen depression. Since 75 percent of the people who commit suicide are depressed (according to the University of Texas), it is a beneficial start to begin treating the symptoms of teen depression. (Teen Suicide Overview).
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 they are suffering from a painful mental 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 adolescent pain go away permanently. Scientific evidence that shows the people who have committed suicide have a diagnosable treatable mental disorder or substance abuse disorder (The National Institute of Mental Health, 2010). Those people might have been suffering from illnesses such as depression, mood disorders, personality disorders, and or suffering from bullying.
Teenage pregnancies have a strong impact on the mental aspect of a teenager. A pregnant teenager might likewise experience the effects of classmates, educators, and others. Following this effect, the teenager may then have decided to drop out of high school. Being a teenager in high school is stressful enough, then adding on the stress of judgment and anxiety.
Now the eighth-leading cause of death overall in the U.S. and the third-leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 15 and 24 years, suicide has become the subject of much recent focus. U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, for instance, recently announced his Call to Action to Prevent Suicide, 1999, an initiative intended to increase public awareness, promote intervention strategies, and enhance research. The media, too, has been paying very close attention to the subject of suicide, writing articles and books and running news stories. Suicide among our nation’s youth, a population very vulnerable to self-destructive emotions, has perhaps received the most discussion of late. Maybe this is because teenage suicide seems the most tragic—lives lost before they’ve even started. Yet, while all of this recent focus is good, it’s only the beginning. We cannot continue to lose so many lives unnecessarily.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15 to 24 year olds, and the sixth leading cause for 5 to 14 year olds. Suicide accounts for twelve percent of the mortality in the adolescent and young adult group. Young males are more common than young woman suicides. These are only children who followed through with the suicide. For every successful suicide there are fifty to one hundred adolescent suicide attempts. In other words, more than five percent of all teenagers tried to commit suicide, and the number is still rising. It is scary to think that four percent of high school students have made a suicide attempt within the previous twelve months. In a small safe town like Avon, in the Avon High School where you and I practically live, you can see the faces of 22 students that have tried to commit suicide. That is enough to fill a classroom.
The feelings of helplessness and hopelessness that accompany depression can fuel a downward spiral of health and self-esteem, which can have potentially deadly results: In one study of teenage suicides, 60 to 70 percent of the teenagers had been diagnosed with a depressive illness prior to their deaths. An alarming 90 percent of the sample had some form of psychiatric diagnosis -- depression, mood disorder, or substance abuse
Pregnancy is a big problem today with a lot of young teens. These teens that are having babies at fourteen is a big mistake in their part because it could ruin their childhood and their body. About twenty five percent of girls dropout because they are pregnant or have recently given birth to a child. They also don't have time to come back to school because they have to take care of the baby.
Each girl has different outcomes for her and her baby. "Differences in these outcomes between teen and older mothers were significant for nearly every racial/ ethnic subgroup, and recent studies suggest that the risk of poor infant health outcomes remains significantly higher among teen mothers even after controlling for other factors." (Kaye, 2012) Teen pregnancy can have different outcomes that normal aged pregnancy do not tend to have very often. "Infants born to teen mothers were 17% more likely to be preterm and 25% more likely to be born low-birthweight compared to infants born to older mothers." (Kaye, 2012) Teen mothers have higher risks than older mothers do because of health and development. Most common risks for the baby is prematurity, diseases, development, etc. The mothers have different choices that come about when deciding whether or not they want to keep their baby. "More of those teens who do have sex use contraception effectively; and many of those teens who become pregnant have abortions." (Farber, 2014) These young girls are faced with a big decisions on whether they are going to keep their baby. Once they find out they are pregnant, some girls have abortions but others keep the baby. They also have the choice of adoption, which is the least common decision. Teenagers that are pregnant face difficult obstacles that they have to go through during their pregnancy. Some girls face abuse which can harm the baby. "Death from violence is the second leading cause of death during pregnancy for teens, and is higher in teens than in any other group." (Vorvick, 2011) The teen mothers get abused from a family member or a boyfriend. The girls start to feel that they are alone and neglected, when they need support the most. Abuse can harm not only the mother but also the baby, greatly. Good care is required to have a healthy