Teen Suicide Case Study

Suicide is one of the serious public health problems that affect everyone especially the young people .Teen suicide is a growing health concern in United States. According to U.S Center for Disease Control and Prevention teen suicide is the third leading cause death for young people ages from 15 to 24.In 2013, there were 41,119 deaths by suicide in the United States. Suicide affects all youth, a lot more youth attempts suicide (yellodyno.com/Statistics/statistics) .There was a nation survey that was reporter bank in 2010 of young youth in grades 9-12 in public and private schools in the United States found that 16% of students created plan to commit suicide but didn’t go thru with it and 8% of them actually their own life within 12 months of
• loss of interest in pleasurable activities
• not tolerating praise or rewards
A teenager who is planning to commit suicide may also:
• Complain of being a bad person or feeling rotten inside some kids think they are not good enough.
• give verbal hints with statements such as: I won't be a problem for you much longer, Nothing matters, It's no use, and I won't see you again , they drop those hints like they are joking but they’re not.( www.yspp.org › Suicide & Self Harm)
• Put his or her affairs in order, for example, give away favorite possessions, clean his or her room, throw away important belongings, etc.
• become suddenly cheerful after a period of depression
• have signs of psychosis (hallucinations or bizarre thoughts) (www.yspp.org › Suicide & Self
You can see a very energize kids and very happy commit suicide. It’s impossible to know what’s really going on behind close door, not everyone is easy to read. Teen depression lead to suicide, the best thing to do if you see some depress is try to have them open up, validate their feelings listen more to them instead of talking
One of the reasons that I chose to write this paper is because that topic is very close to home. A few years ago a lost my little cousin, he took his own life. Growing up he has always being different, as a boy he wasn’t interested on any sport. When you do push him into to it, he will suck at it. His dad will call him girl’s name, and bully him. After so long he couldn’t take it anymore, and he took his life at the age of 15. When it happens people start to blame one another. But it was already too late; Some parent don’t take the time to know their kids, they think provide a roof, put food in the table and clothes on their kids life are the only things.
Teen suicide in this world in general is getting out of hand, no one respect one another. People don’t value life like they used to, a teen can have everything they want or everything a parent think they want and still not happy. Material things can’t make someone happy, parents are so busy with work that they don’t even have the time to learn their kids’