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Teen Suicide

Teen Suicide. Carli Schipelliti & Grace Leahy. What Can Lead to Suicide/ Common Reasons. Addictions Depression Anxiety Traumatizing events Physical and/or mental abuse Loss in family/friend (especially tragic, sudden death) Self-harm Mental illness Bullying Neglection.

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Teen Suicide

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  1. Teen Suicide Carli Schipelliti & Grace Leahy

  2. What Can Lead to Suicide/ Common Reasons • Addictions • Depression • Anxiety • Traumatizing events • Physical and/or mental abuse • Loss in family/friend (especially tragic, sudden death) • Self-harm • Mental illness • Bullying • Neglection http://www.kjrh.com/marketplace/law-tv/bullying-has-become-problem-for-teachers http://www.destinationsdreamsanddogs.com/sweet-sour-children/

  3. Statistics • Since 2004 suicide rates have increased 76% between the ages 10 and 14, and have increased more than 30% between the ages 15-18. • Each year almost 4,000 kids between the ages 15-24 kill themselves. • The number has tripled over last 40-50 years. • The third leading cause of death of 15-24 year olds is suicide. • The number of people who harm themselves when trying to commit suicide is greater than number of people who succeed.

  4. Common Ways to Commit Suicide • Hanging • Overdose (pills, drugs, alcohol) • Self harm • Starving • Jumping • A deadly combination of alcohol and pills http://gtpolice.com/gtpd-community-bulletin-keeping-prescription-drugs-out-of-the-hands-of-teens/

  5. Warning Signs of Suicide • Depression • Becoming extra sensitive (irritable) • Loss of interest in: • Social interaction • Activities that were once enjoyed • Loss of appetite and/or weight change • Moving slower • Increase in sleep/ loss in energy • Feeling worthless/ unneeded • Drug and/or alcohol abuse • Missing an excessive amount of school • Doing poorly in school • Behaving recklessly/ taking risks http://fplawblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/missouri-nursing-home-care-scores-f.html

  6. Warning Signs of Suicide (continued) • Attempt at running away • Earlier attempts at suicide • Difficulty in: • Concentrating • Thinking • Making decisions • Complaining of physical symptoms (ex. Stomach aches, headaches) without a clear cause • Talking about suicide • Self-harm (starving, cutting, burning) • Writing about death • Less social activity • Having lost a friend/family member from suicide

  7. Bibliography 1) “Program Reduces Teen Suicide Attempts.” Harvard Reviews of Health News.   August 21, 2006 pNA. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/HWRC/hits?r=d&origSearch=true&rlt=1&bucket=ref&o=&n=10&searchTerm=2NTA&l=d&index=BA&basicSearchOption=KE&tcit=1_1_0_0_1_1&c=1&docNum=A169430932&locID=mlin_n_coolidge&secondary=false&t=RK&s=1&SU=teen+suicide2) “Teen angst turns deadly: why girls are killing themselves” Eilene Zimmerman January-February 2009 http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA191426941&v=2.1&u=mlin_n_coolidge&it=r&p=PPPC&sw=w&asid=5e790433b44209071ba3ba3327622f20Zimmerman, Eilene. "Teen angst turns deadly: why girls are killing themselves." Psychology Today Jan.-Feb. 2009: 30.Psychology Collection. Web. 27 Feb. 2014.

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