...Teen Suicide Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Teen Suicide Teen suicide is one of the most serious problems that exist in the modern world. In particular, it is one of the most important issues to be addressed in the United States of America in order to support social wealth of the nation, promote its development, and contribute to the well-being of each separate community. According to the statistics, the number of teenage suicide has doubled within the last twenty years. Today, 30 per cent of people aged 14-24 are believed to have suicidal thoughts; 6 per cent of males and 10 per cent of females take suicidal actions. Approximately 90 per cent of teenage suicides are committed by people who have some psychological disorders, and only 10 per cent of those who try to commit suicide are mentally healthy. Nevertheless, in most cases, teenagers try to commit suicide in order to attract attention of adults. Also, there are teenagers who try to kill themselves because of some physical or psychological trauma. However, regardless of the reason behind such attempts, it is necessary to address the issue and prevent any further suicidal actions. First of all, the number of teen suicides should be reduced to the minimum because friends of teenagers who commit suicide are likely to follow their actions. Since the majority of suicide attempts are made in order to attract attention of others and this method works regardless of the result...
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...There are many social problems that teenagers go through. The most recognised problems are teenage drinking and driving, and teen suicide. These two social behaviours teenagers go through are the leading causes of teenage death. Alcohol, the most widely used and abused drug among youth, causes serious and potentially life-threatening problems for this population. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. Society faces several questions, like why do teens drink, what are the results of teen drinking and driving, and how can society change this pattern. Every year hundreds of teens die. Apart from drinking and driving, teen suicide is the fastest growing killer of youth and if left unaddressed it will affect are future generations. Why do teenagers drink alcohol? Peers play the major role in shaping attitudes about alcohol use. Prior to this time, television and movies played the most influential role. The attitudes of parents toward alcohol correlated strongly with the attitudes of their children. There are several reasons why teenagers give to drinking alcohol which include recreation, rebellion, relieve depression, fatigue, and boredom. Many of them have personal problems at home that make them turn to alcohol. Other reasons are a loved one passing away, fighting with parents, divorce, and separation of family. The main factor of teenage drinking is influence from their peers. Teenagers in our society are pressured into trying out...
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...There are many social problems that teenagers go through. The most recognised problems are teenage drinking and driving, and teen suicide. These two social behaviours teenagers go through are the leading causes of teenage death. Alcohol, the most widely used and abused drug among youth, causes serious and potentially life-threatening problems for this population. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. Society faces several questions, like why do teens drink, what are the results of teen drinking and driving, and how can society change this pattern. Every year hundreds of teens die. Apart from drinking and driving, teen suicide is the fastest growing killer of youth and if left unaddressed it will affect are future generations. Why do teenagers drink alcohol? Peers play the major role in shaping attitudes about alcohol use. Prior to this time, television and movies played the most influential role. The attitudes of parents toward alcohol correlated strongly with the attitudes of their children. There are several reasons why teenagers give to drinking alcohol which include recreation, rebellion, relieve depression, fatigue, and boredom. Many of them have personal problems at home that make them turn to alcohol. Other reasons are a loved one passing away, fighting with parents, divorce, and separation of family. The main factor of teenage drinking is influence from their peers. Teenagers in our society are pressured into trying out...
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...Running head: TEEN SUICIDE IS AN EPIDEMIC Teen Suicide October 20, 2012 Introduction Every year, thousands of youth die in the Unites States and one million worldwide. Not from cancer or motor vehicle accidents by their own hand. For whatever reason they make that choice that they no longer want to live, and they take their own life. According to statistic, suicide has been known to be the third leading cause of death for young persons between the age of fifteen to twenty-four years; and it is the eleventh cause of death for persons of all ages in the United States. Many people think these are remote incidents, but they are not. Teen suicide is an epidemic that keeps on growing on daily basis. According to the estimate by the center for disease and prevention, annually, over five hundred thousand teenagers from age 15 to 24 will attempt to kill themselves and about five thousand of these teenagers succeeded (National Institute of Mental Health, 2002). Theses estimate indicated that the number of teenagers that committed suicide (five thousand) is synonymous to the number of people whom the cause of death was cancer or homicide. The number of teenagers, who committed suicide over the years, has outnumbered the number of teenagers who were killed by homicides by at least ratio three to two. That is ridiculous! To some people it sound unbelievable but as we continue to read various articles and continue to expose these occurrences on the internet...
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...YOUTH SUICIDE IN INDIA Ravinder Kaur, a professor at IIT Delhi in her case study observed that according to WHO, India has one of the highest Suicides rates worldwide, with about 40% people who commit suicides being under the age of 30.the focus has been on farmer Suicides as these have political resonance and their causes can often be traced to economic crises and government policies. The death of a farmer is often the death of a breadwinner impacting immediately the livelihood of his or her dependants. Though youth Suicides outnumber farmers farmer Suicides, little attention has been paid to the risk factors and the causes of Suicides in the demographic. Attention to student Suicides is paid only around Board exams, when stress levels across the Indian urban middle class are high or when a student at an IIT,IIM or the AIIMS, commit Suicides .Institutions conduct internal inquiries and come up with the usual factors of stress, inability to perform, parental pressure or issues of failed personal relationships. Some observes have noted that many Dalit students have committed suicide in elite institution, pointing a finger at stress experienced due to caste discrimination. Others point to fear of failure and dismissal once admission has been, individual psychology plays a role in every case. The recent Suicides in elite institution like IITs and raise several questions. Due to the...
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...April 24, 2015 Government 122 Highley Teens and the Prison System Teenagers all over the world are being sent to prison the youngest age of fourteen years old. Imagine being raped at the age fourteen and there is nothing you can do about it. “Children are five times more likely to be sexually assaulted in adult prisons than in juvenile facilities and face increased risk of suicide.” Throughout this paper the dangers present for a teenager in prison, why they should be in a rehabilitation center, and talking about the expenses if every teenager were to go to prison will be explored and detailed. Although juveniles commit similar or in the some cases the same crimes as adults they should not be incarcerated in the same facilities as adults. In fact depending on the crime teens should have multiple options for rehabilitation. Teenagers do stupid things growing up. In many cases prison is seen as the first and most convenient option. Rehabilitation should be an option because at adolescence the brain is not fully developed. Rehabilitation can help these teenagers with the choices they make. If teenagers want to keep making the same mistakes then rehabilitation is not going to change the choices they make and maybe they should go to prison and realize rehabilitation was better and trying to help them. Rehabilitation is encouraging in making adolescents go to school and better their education and life choices. “If the rehabilitation...
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...Each year thousands of children and young adults are dying, not from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, strokes, pneumonia, influenza, chronic lung disease, or car accidents, but by their own hands; they commit suicide. To start off, what is suicide? According to the dictionary, it is: a: “the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally especially by a person of years of discretion and of sound of mind” or b: “ruin of one’s own interests” (Merriam Webster.com). Suicide is the third leading cause of death for ages fifteen to twenty-four and the sixth leading cause of death for ages five to fourteen (“Teen Suicide”). The number of teen suicides is instantaneously increasing each year. It is skyrocketing...
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...Suicide Amongst Youth November 21, 2013 INTRODUCTION Barry parr, a window cleaner in a small town, was working as usual in December 2001, not expecting anything interesting to happen. Suddenly, he heard a yell from afar and saw a 14 year old girl who was preparing to hang herself from a nearby tree. He showed signs of his incipient heroism as he quickly grabbed his ladder and ran across the road to try and talk her into retreating. He tried, and that was when she got real about committing suicide. As Barry started to climb up his ladder, the girl jumped off. Luckily, Barry was close enough and strong enough and he caught her in his arms, holding her high enough to save her life. Unfortunately, however, Barry was now in an unlucky situation. Barry was out on a cold winter day when people hardly walked by, and he had in his arms, a 14 year old girl who was trying really hard to squirm out of his grasp and kill herself. Barry held on to her for an entire hour before someone passed by and called the cops. The come eventually came and helped, but not before Barry had proven to the girl, how far the world was willing to go, to save her life and keep this one lonely girl around. Suicide is a tragic and preventable mental health problem. Suicide is irrational to those who are not suicidal, but to those who are, it is the only means of escape that there is. The reason most people consider suicide to be irrational is because suicide is a permanent solution to a problem which...
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...Teenage Suicide – The Forms, The Damage, The Thoughts, and The Help Being young in today's world is not the easiest task to do. Many young people have to deal with all the many complex, intense pressures and pains of daily life. Unfortunately, most adolescences don't believe that they can cope with all of the disbarring problems that today’s society throws at our youth. They believe that no one cares enough to listen or help them cope with their stress. When these thoughts enter into their minds and occur often enough they begin to think that they have to end their lives to rid themselves of these matters. To some people this is the only way out, and this needs to change. Reasons for teen suicide in today’s culture can be very complex. Depression, Stress, Media Pressure, Bullying, Emotional and Mental Problems, Family, anyone of these can lead, or give a reason for a teenager to commit suicide. There are tons of resources available to teens in present society that offer help and guidance to the young adults of the world, whether it be someone to talk to or therapy sessions there’s always something available to them. Depression and stress are the most common factors that lead most teens to suicide. As adolescence grow into young adults they experience a great amount of stress in their family lives. We all long for independence, and freedom, this leads to us finding out our sexuality and our position in life. Our position determines our habits, in with the new habits, and...
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...Mr. Butryn Contemporary Social Problems 18 November 2013 Teenage Suicide According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, teenage suicide is the third-leading cause of death in the United States. (Nock) Suicide is the act of intentionally taking one’s own life. Young people from ages fifteen to twenty four are more prone to commit suicide. Since 1996 more teenagers, and young adults have died from suicide than from diseases such as Cancer, Heart disease, AIDS, Birth defects, and chronic lung disease combined. (Shaffer) Most teenagers show signs before thinking of committing or trying to commit suicide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and prevention, there are roughly about twenty five attempts of suicides a day (Nock). Even in today’s society I ask myself and wonder why most young people are prone to committing suicide? The typical question that is asked is which teens would be at risk of committing suicide. According to a report done by the National Institute of Mental Health, research shows that key factors for suicide include depression as well as other mental disorders, and even substance abuse disorders. (Teen Suicide is Preventable) These teens are troubled and usually have a psychological disorder such as depression, and bipolar disorder. According to Hazelden.org, Suicide is often linked with drugs and alcohol abuse which could be a factor. (Preventing Teen suicide) Others might just be victims in some way, shape, or form. Dealing with...
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...Gina Gomes Professor Brand English 251 12 July 2013 Social-Network Effects on Teenagers Social media is undoubtedly the life blood of most teenagers today. Young adults, especially in the 13-17 age groups are constantly checking messages, updating posts and sharing photos on online media. According to a study by Roiworld’s Teens and Social Networks in 2010, “… teenagers spend an average of 80% of their time on online sites and this figure grows every year” (Gallo 16). With such a huge following it has become necessary for research to be conducted on the overall effect of social media on teenagers everywhere. This paper aims to explore the positive and negative effects of social media on teenagers today. With the natural curiosity that most teenagers hold, they are naturally anxious to meet new people and possibly make new friends and contacts. Online social media provide the perfect setting to do exactly that. Teenagers are able to interact with people from all over the world. This serves to not only increase their general knowledge but it enables this generation to be more tolerant of cultures and beliefs that differ from their own. New technology including smart phones with video and photo capabilities, iPad and other tablets, and portable Wi-Fi docs have made the Internet infinitely more assessable (Wolak, Mitchell & Finkelhor, 2006). Although technology has been associated with many positive effects, cyber bullying, sexting and slut shaming...
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...to figure out who I was. In today’s society we all live in a fast pass world, including our children. With this in mind it takes both parents to work to get all the bills paid on time and be able to save for retirement. What this has created is teenagers are held responsible for their younger siblings and left home alone. With this much responsibility, teenagers are growing up to fast and have too much freedom. With this freedom come more problems. Teenagers today are finding ways to deal with these problems and escape from the responsibilities placed on their shoulders. Young people are looking for anything to escape the reality of these responsibilities. Even though street drug use is down, drugs are easy for children and teenagers to get even from their own home. With the problems that teens face today, such as maintaining grades, finals, not having any money, flunking, and pressure to be perfect teenagers are having a hard time. Anything can be a problem to teens today, from acne to stereotypes and to include parents. (“Teenage Problems”, n.d.). Along with these problems comes the desire to hide them to be more like adults. Street drugs are one way to hide them. Hiding these problems can create drug abuse and lead the teenager...
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...starters and nerves inhibitors on parties. But sometimes people don’t understand the side effects and keep consuming big quantities of them. Excessive use of alcohol leads to number of fatal consequences such as cirrhosis and drunk driving and also some post-day consequences such as vomit, headaches and fever. And this practice has been a very popular activity on teenagers who are entering their junior or senior year on high school, and since then it has been one of the major problems in every part of the world including our country. Reducing the minimum legal age to drink alcohol beverages can be a solution to this worldwide problem. “Despite minimum legal drinking age laws, actual drinking patterns in the United States suggest that almost all young people use alcohol before they are 21”( O’Connell, Richard and Bonnie, p.35). Alcohol is one of the most common drugs used among teenagers. It’s even more used than any kind of tobacco and marijuana. The problem is that they tend to consume large quantities of alcohol and somehow they have easy access to this drug. Every year it is reported that more and more teenagers start using alcohol at their small reunions. First they start with just a few drinks and it is very common that they don’t like it. But unconsciously they start gaining a good taste on it and increment the quantity of beverages used. This is because their bodies, especially the liver and nerve system, began to create certain kind of tolerance to alcohol and will need...
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...In today’s society, the common problem among teenagers is the use of drugs. Teen age years is probably one of the most challenging periods of life. It is a stage of identity versus confusion – knowing oneself compared to losing oneself. Belonging and being accepted in a group is very important and being cool as well. During these years of growing up, teenagers encounter their share of positive and negative experiences. Peer pressure, curiosity, and the availability of drugs are factors that some youthful and vulnerable teenagers have to deal with in their adolescent lives. One of the significant reasons of teenage drug use is peer pressure, particularly from the social influences among friends, acquaintances, school, and the community. Depending on the person’s experiences and choices, circumstances and consequences may vary. If a teenager’s social main group is using drugs, then there may be a strong pressure due to the fact that drugs are present and can easily be offered. Also, the person might get convinced to think that there is nothing wrong with trying drugs because “everybody else is doing it.” In the effect that teenagers will try drugs just to fit in the social norms, they might do it to impress their buddies to be considered “cool” as part of being in the group and gain acceptance by friends. The issue of using drugs is everywhere in the country and around the world. It’s available and accessible for anyone who knows where to get it or whom to talk to about...
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...Be, That Is The Question. “A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.” Kurt Vonnegut "Just be yourself." That is great advice for a teenager where there are only unwritten and sometimes unspoken laws that society expects us to abide by without question. Being different isn’t an option. Being different is often looked down upon simply because people are not used to it. It's hard to understand new standards that are out of the ‘norm’, which causes people to become superficial. Being gay is wrong in society’s eyes but yet you are told to “Just Be Yourself” if yourself is straight of course. Teenagers go through a stage in life of discovering themselves, finding who they are and who they want to become. Gay teenagers go through the discovery part of their lives with the bigotry and hatefulness that can come from some very unlikely sources. One of those sources are Christians, or so-called Christians. The teachings they preach are “God is Love” but then turn around and tell you that you’re going to hell for liking someone who is the same gender. A real consistent message there! Many religious gay people fear that they will go to hell if they don’t figure out a way to stop being who they are. People turning to suicide because they can’t change who they are, even though they have been told, “Just be yourself”. Religious preachers indicate that it is sinful to be gay as a man and woman were put on this earth to reproduce...
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