Don’t Give Up Lots of people in our world today deal with depression and the thoughts of suicide daily. The reality is that suicide is not the only answer or choice. Things can change but only if you don’t give up. In the book, “13 Reasons Why”, a teenage girl named Hannah, gave into her thoughts of suicide and took her own life due to bullying in her high school. Maybe, just maybe things would have been different for Hannah if she had only reached out to someone or gotten help, maybe then things would have been different for her.
Presently, suicide is tenth leading cause of death in all age groups. However, adolescents who were in the foster care system are two and a half more times likely to seriously consider suicide than any other youth (Pilosky & Wu, 2006). Suicide Ideation falls under the categories of Psychological disorders, being that the psychological disorders such as: depression, post traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, and anxiety disorder, can ultimately lead to suicide ideation. The foster care system in America presently consist of around 520,000 of children who enter the foster care on average each year. The purpose of this study is to discover if there is in fact a correlation between adolescents who grew up in foster care and a higher rate of suicide ideation.
The author supports his explanation by describing the symptom of many kinds of mental illness including major depression, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse and how it is so unrecognized and untreated. Afterward, it turns into most extreme consequence which is suicide. The author’s purpose is to show how effectively asking teens about their mood or suicidal feelings and posting a poster about mental issue or do some survey about their problem. “Some critics worry that asking teens about their mood or suicidal feelings will cause distress or induce suicidal feelings or behavior. In fact, there is evidence to the contrary.
Research Hypothesis The hypothesis being tested in “Socioeconomic Status and Subjective Life Expectancy” by John Mirowsky et al. states that American adults expect living longer lives the higher their achieved socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic is the interaction of social and economic factors.
Romeo would rather kill himself than be without his love Juliet. This can promote teen suicide because it is demonstrating that if you can’t have something or someone the next possible solution is to kill yourself. The promotion of suicide amongst teens can be negative to those who have suicidal thought but do not speak out. This can also be seen as negative because those who are exposed to suicide can be more likely to have suicidal thoughts. This can also have a negative impact on teens because by being exposed to this behavior they presume that’s how they should act in a similar situation.
There are two main sociological strands that approach the issue of suicide, which are the Interpretivist approach and the Positivist approach, which differ tremendously in their theories on the subject of suicide. One of the most famous positivists who studied suicide is Emile Durkheim (1952), he saw suicide as a social fact, as did other positivist sociologists, which meant that suicide was able to be studied scientifically. In his study, Durkheim (1952) used already available statistics about suicide in order to create a theory on how individuals who are thinking of/or committing suicide, and also creating a social explanation for these actions. Durkheim’s study shows the possibilities for further empirical research that would allow for further development in sociology, followed by his functionalism and positivism. From Durkheim’s predecessors, Comte and Spencer, it is clear, that his work was a biological analogy, when
Having to wake up every morning and deal with a battle no one knows someone is dealing with is frustrating. Having to put a fake smile on their face just to be able to deal with the constant pressure of society and family such as parents having high expectations from their child or the individual has to act a certain way because that’s how society want them to be for example a girl has to have a thin body to be considered beautiful. Trying to reach up to one’s expectations such as these and failing, can cause the individual to feel like a failure. Which can lead to the constant feelings of not being good enough, that no one cares about them. All of those feelings and actions, can lead to the tragic event of suicide.
This topic was selected for research is because the author has some personal connections to it. The author has experienced the loss of someone to suicide in high school. Moving onto to college, while developing friendships with others, the author has further experienced friends attempting to commit suicide (even one
As of 2015, 5 in 100,000 girls and 14 in 100,000 teenagers commit suicide (Lewis). Teenagers are becoming more vulnerable and schools seem to be taking no notice. If these lives could be saved, it would help so many families across the united states. The National Institute of Mental Health states that there “are as many as 25 attempts of suicide to every one that is actually committed” (Eco Child’s Play). Suicides can be prevented by treatment of the illness.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among the youth aged 15-29. (WHO, 2014) Youth are the future of generation and work population. The human value and cost of a human life are then should be questioned in the social norm. Besides, a significant number of people, includes governments, international and national non-government organizations, religious groups and education institutes emphasises that actions have to be taken to prevent suicide problem.
As if parents did not have enough reasons to worry about their teenage children, what with drugs, drinking, and driving, now a new concern has appeared about teen suicide. A national survey in 1997 showed that an estimated 700,000 American high school students annually who attempt to kill themselves, and millions say they have contemplated doing so, and now the rates have increased massively. Mostly, teenagers are the ones committing suicide these days. A new study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in May, found that the number of children and teens admitted to children's hospitals for thoughts of suicide or self-harm have more than doubled during the last decade. It is very shocking that this great number of teens find it necessary to take their own lives.
An emphasis is placed on the importance of identifying warning signs and risk factors for depression and suicide amongst teens. According to the research conducted by King and Vidourek (2012) early detection and suicidal warning signs is seen to be crucial for effective intervention. Teenagers need to be encouraged to be more proactive when it comes to their personal mental health. Positive coping mechanisms such as problem-solving skills, effective communication skills, and good conflict resolution skills are all essential in lessening the likelihood that a teen exhibiting depressive behaviors will go forth and take their own life. As most teenagers spend most of their time in school, better prevention and intervention programs need to be in place.
As a result, teen suicide is the third leading cause for all deaths among teens aged 15-19. Teens suicide attempts and completions have steadily been on the rise since 2000. Surveys have found that 25% of high school and 10% of college students have seriously considered suicide sometime in their life. Therefore, any teen who mentions anything about suicide should be taken seriously.” (Reed) Frala 2
Teenagers sometimes had a period of depressing. They are usually stressed over something, such as some of them witnessing the pressure that was coming from all around their surroundings. The hardship of suicidal people have imagining a resolution to their sorrow is due in part to the misrepresented thinking caused by depression. The unimaginable pain the person is going to lead them to take their own life with frustration. A person with depression usually does not has the similar thinking with a healthy person.
The statistics about teenage runaways, alcoholism, drug problems, pregnancy, eating disorders, and suicide are startling. Every year, thousands of people succeed in taking their lives and even more have attempted suicide at some point in their lives. Although we have reached the stage that hearing about suicide is now common, it is was viewed as trivial and petty back then. It seems like a reverse spectrum
