Teen Suicide: The Psychological Factors and Impacts That Should Not Be Overlooked “With the development of material civilization and spiritual civilization in human society, the demand for life standard and life quality is becoming increasingly high” (Liu & Cao, 2014). As people are more educated and can easily get access to the healthcare system because of their increased economic ability, they are more tempted to put their individual health at the top priority. Although numerous healthcare resources are provided to people, the lifestyle diseases (diabetes, obesity) and psychological disorders (depression, anxiety) are remained as the major health problems in society. At the same time of the rapid transformation of society and the changes …show more content…
Among the complex interaction of risk factors that can lead to teen suicide, “90% of the suicides are committed by people suffering from psychological disorders, 60% are associated with mood disorders, 25%-50% are associated with alcohol use and abuse, and 10% are associated with borderline personality disorders” (Ibrahim et al., 2014). In the research, Ibrahim et al. (2014) also mentioned that there is a positive link between the presence of anxiety and suicide, teenagers with anxiety are more likely to have suicidal ideation, attempt suicide, and complete suicide compared to those without anxiety. Since the symptoms of anxiety, for example worry and fear, may elicit symptoms of depression, teens may become neurotic which affect their psychological health. O’Connor and Nock (2014) also supported that the high levels of neuroticism and low levels of extroversion are generally high associated with suicidal behaviors, in which teenagers who are more sensitive to anxiety and are disconnected to the public have the increased risk of committing suicide. Therefore, anxiety and other psychological disorders can also derive the opportunities of having depressions as well as act as the psychological risk factors that lead to teen …show more content…
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