Teenage suicide is the self-killing of a teenager. Although the suicide rate among youth significantly decreased in the mid-1990s, suicide deaths remain high in the 15 to 24 age group with 3,971 suicides in 2001 and over 132,000 suicide attempts in 2002, making it the third leading cause of death for those aged 15 to 24 in the United States ^[1]. In the United Kingdom, the suicide rate for males between 15 and 24 has risen consistently since 1989, while that for females in the same age group has remained largely static[1]. However, given the overall decline in the suicide rate in the UK, the rise in suicide amongst the 15-24 male population has been a considerable cause for concern [2]. More preventive measures have been taken in the last ten years, including increased understanding of the risk factors and causes and spreading information to schools and parents. Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ... For the program to kill people with disabilities in Nazi Germany, see Action T4. ... A murder suicide is an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before, or while killing himself. ... A suicide attack is an attack in which the attacker (attacker being either an individual or a group) intends to kill others and intends to die in the process of doing so (see suicide). ... Ritual suicide is the act of suicide motivated by a religious, spiritual, or traditional ritual. ... Cult suicide is that phenomenon by which some religious groups, in this context often referred to as cults, have led to their membership committing suicide. ... Mass suicide occurs when a number of people kill themselves together with one another or for the same reason and is usually connected to a real or perceived persecution. ... A suicide pact describes the suicides of two or more individuals in an agreed-upon plan. ... An Internet suicide is a suicide pact made between individuals who meet on the Internet. ... A copycat suicide is defined as a duplication or copycat of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts or depictions of the original suicide on television and in other media. ... Forced suicide is a method of execution where the victim is given the choice of committing suicide or facing an alternative they perceive as worse, such as suffering torture; having friends or family members imprisoned, tortured or killed; or losing honor, position or means. ... Suicide-by-cop is a suicide method in which someone deliberately acts in a threatening way towards a law enforcement officer, with the main goal of provoking a lethal response (e. ... Suicide has been part of the history of the world - people of all walks of life had committed suicide over the years. ... // The following are lists of notable people who have definitely died intentionally by their own hand, regardless of the circumstances. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Kurt Cobains alleged suicide note. ... Suicide watch is an intensive monitoring process used to ensure that an individual does not commit suicide. ... Various human cultures may have views on suicide not directly or solely linked to religious views of suicide. ... This page concerns suicide. ... Modern medical views on suicide consider suicide to be a mental health issue. ... In ethics and other branches of philosophy suicide poses a difficult question, answered differently by philosophers from different times and traditions. ... There are a variety of religious views of suicide. ... For the 1987 film, see Right to Die (film) The term right to die refers to various issues around the death of an individual when that person could continue to live with the aid of life support, or in a diminished or enfeebled capacity. ... As a suicide prevention initiative, this sign on the Golden Gate Bridge promotes a special telephone that connects to a crisis hotline. ... The routine assessment of suicide risk is an important clinical skill. ... Various suicide prevention strategies have been used: Promoting mental resilience through optimism and connectedness. ... List of crisis hotlines by country USA - 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE) National Hopeline Network USA - 1-800-273-8255 (1-800-273-TALK) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Links http://www. ... A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Students in Rome, Italy. ...

Population differences

In the United States, male adolescents commit suicide at a rate five times greater than that of female adolescents, although suicide attempts by females are three times as frequent as those by males. A possible reason for this is the method of attempted suicide for males is typically that of firearm use, with a 78-90% chance of fatality. Females are more likely to try a different method, such as ingesting poison ^[2]. Females have more parasuicides (cries for help). A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The skull and crossbones symbol traditionally used to label a poisonous substance. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Suicide rates vary for different ethnicities due to cultural differences. In 1998, white Americans accounted for 84% of all youth suicides, 61% male, 23% female. However, the suicide rate for Native Americans was 19.3 per 100,000, much higher than the overall rate (8.5 per 100,000). The suicide rate for African-Americans has increased more than two-fold since 1981. A national survey of high school students conducted in 1999 reported that Hispanic students are twice as likely to attempt suicide as white students ^[2]. This article or section should be merged with ethnic group Ethnicity is the cultural characteristics that connect a particular group or groups of people to each other. ... Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning to cultivate), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Native Americans are the indigenous peoples within the territory that is now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska down to their descendants in modern times. ... An African American (also Afro-American or Black American) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory secondary education. ... Students attending a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, meaning to direct ones zeal at; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Hispanic world. ...

A controversial U.S. government study, titled Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Youth Suicide, found that homosexual youth are two to three times more likely to attempt suicide than other young people. Several researchers suggest that bisexual and youth uncertain of their sexual orientation may be at higher risk for suicidal behavior than self-proclaimed homosexual teenagers. Many homosexual teenagers who commit suicide may also suffer from mental illnesses or substance abuse disorders, making the connection more complicated. The American standard of institutionalized and internalized homophobia^{[citation needed]} also leads LGBT youth to think that their parents will throw them out and perhaps abuse them for being homosexual. It is impossible to know the suicide rate of homosexual youth because homosexuality is often hidden, particularly in this age group. Further research is currently being done to explain the prevalence of suicide among homosexual youths ^[3][4][5]. Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... In human sexuality, bisexuality describes a man or woman having a sexual orientation to persons of either or both sexes (a man or woman who sexually likes both sexes; people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females). ... Sexual orientation describes the direction of an individuals sexuality, often in relation to their own sex or gender. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... Mental Illness is a concept in psychiatry and other mental health professions referring to mental abnormality associated with distress and/or dysfunction. ... Substance abuse refers to the overindulgence in and dependence on a psychoactive leading to effects that are detrimental to the individuals physical health or mental health, or the welfare of others. ... Homophobia is the fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. ... LGBT (or GLBT) is an initialism used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ...

High-risk groups

• Teenagers who have attempted suicide before. Approximately a third of all teenagers who commit suicide have made a previous suicide attempt. ^[2]
• Teenagers who talk about suicide. Four out of five people give warnings before attempting suicide. ^[6]
• Rape victims.
• Adolescents who are or have been in Youth detention centers or boot camps.
• Adolescents who are physically or mentally disabled.
• Teenagers who live in poverty.
• Those who participate in substance abuse.
• Adolescents who have a mental disorder (other than the suicidal tendency itself), such as clinical depression, schizophrenia, eating disorders, social anxiety, or bipolar disorder. Over 90% of teen suicide victims have a mental disorder, depression, or a history of alcohol or drug abuse.
• Teenagers of conduct disorder (a high level of aggressiveness).
• LGBT teens, i.e., those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
• Minority Indigenous adolescents, i.e. Native Americans, Indigenous Australians.
• Teenagers from emotionally dysfunctional families, where they do not feel safe to talk about things or show their true feelings, and where they are regularly invalidated.
• Victims of bullying.

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Suicide prevention

Main article: Suicide prevention

Promoting overall mental health among adolescents is key to reducing possible suicidal thoughts. Some people argue that limiting young people's access to lethal weapons, such as firearms, may be a pivotal deterrent. Some school-based youth suicide awareness programs exist to try to increase high-school students' awareness of the problem, provide knowledge about the behavioral characteristics of teens at risk, and describe available treatment or counseling resources. However, some research has shown that this may have an unintended negative effect of suggesting suicide as an option for teenagers ^[7]. Various suicide prevention strategies have been used: Promoting mental resilience through optimism and connectedness. ... Mental health is a concept that refers to a human individuals emotional and psychological well-being. ...

Counter-measures to suicide

See also: Suicide prevention

When talking to a teenage person who is contemplating suicide, it is important to take the threat seriously. Seventy-five percent of all suicides give some warning of their intentions to a friend or family member.^[8] Various suicide prevention strategies have been used: Promoting mental resilience through optimism and connectedness. ...

There are many methods of helping teenagers who are considering suicide. In order to help a suicidal person it is important to show the helper can be trusted and will listen. Seeing a doctor is widely recommended as well. A course doctors commonly take when presented with a young, suicidal patient is a combination of drug-based treatment (eg. imipramine or fluoxetine) with a 'talking-based' therapy, such as referral to a cognitive behaviour therapist. This kind of therapy concentrates on modifying self-destructive and irrational thought processes. ^[9] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Prozac redirects here. ... Cognitive therapy or cognitive behaviour therapy is a kind of psychotherapy used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, phobias, and other forms of mental disorder. ...

When trying to help a teenager who is considering suicide, it's important to try and find out what is troubling the person. Lack of parental interest in their teenage children may be considered a factor in teenage suicide: according to one study 90 percent of suicidal teenagers believed their families did not understand them.^[10]

When confronted by a suicidal teen, do not try and argue them out of committing suicide, or attempt to make them feel guilty for considering suicide (eg. "your family loves you so much, how could you think like this?"). This type of intervention can actually serve to alienate the child further. Instead, try to explore the reasons why the teenager is so unhappy and feels that suicide is the only solution. The teenager's pediatrician will also be able to plan a suitable course of treatment, or make a psychiatric referral, if the teenager is willing to engage with the proposed treatment. Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants and children. ...

In a crisis situation professional help must be sought, either at hospital or a walk-in clinic. There are also several telephone help numbers for help on teenage suicide, depending on one's location (country/state). Also, emergency services should be contacted immediately, in case the teenager makes a suicide attempt. A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... Emergency services are services that deal with emergencies and other aspects of Public Safety. ...

Media coverage

In the United States in particular, the issue has been the subject of considerable media attention. After three teenagers from Southern states committed suicide within a week in 1990, many news outlets began speaking about the problem. Media coverage increased further after the Columbine shootings and subsequent school shootings. The 2000 movie The Virgin Suicides helped remind the public that teenage girls are also prone to suicide. Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Staff and students evacuate Columbine High School shortly after the shooting. ... The Columbine High shooters caught on a security camera during their rampage A school massacre is an incident of attempted mass murder involving at least one actual death that occurs at a school. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Virgin Suicides is a 1993 novel by American writer Jeffrey Eugenides. ...

A string of teenage suicides during the early 1980s in the Dallas suburb of Plano, a higher-income community, gained wide media coverage. A total of twelve suicides and more than 60 suicide attempts were reported there.      Nickname: Big D Location in the state of Texas Country United States State Texas Counties Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall Mayor Laura Miller Area    - City 997. ... Nickname: An All-American City Location within the state of Texas Coordinates: County Collin County & Denton County Mayor Pat Evans Area    - City 185. ...

In many countries, the media has been required to take a responsible stance and generally not report suicides in order to prevent so-called "copycat suicides". Sometimes, seeing a suicide in a newspaper or on television will spur an already-depressed person to kill him- or herself ^{[citation needed]}. Exceptions to this are very high-profile suicides, such as that of Dr. David Kelly. A copycat suicide is defined as a duplication or copycat of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts or depictions of the original suicide on television and in other media. ... David Christopher Kelly CMG (May 17, 1944 – July 17, 2003) was an employee of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD), an expert in biological warfare, and a former United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq. ...

Not only may it induce suicidal tendencies perhaps a bit further with the already depressed individual, but suicide statics may rise after a highly publicized suicide due to other subconscious factors. An example of this would be a coroner who, upon having heard from the media about a prominent man dying by poisoning himself with arsenic, may see further cases where arsenic were involved and subconsciously rule them as suicides as well, when they could have had an accidental death or been poisoned. In these cases, the rates of suicide due to arsenic poisoning should go up, while rates of death due to accidental or malicious death should go down. Cases such as these have been studied by University of California, San Diego Professor David Phillips. David Phillips was born on May 23, 1992 who attends Hillside Student Community with Joe Sullam he likes to play Dance Dance Revolution and knows alot about things that Joe usually needs to know. ...

Further reading

• Alan L. Berman; David A Jobes; and Morton M. Silverman. Adolescent Suicide: Assessment and Intervention. 2nd Edition. APA 2005

Footnotes

1. ^ Suicide: Fact Sheet, 30 March 2006, retrieved 2 May 2006.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Youth Suicide Fact Sheet, 1 January 2005, retrieved 2 May 2006.
3. ^ "Sexual Orientation and Youth Suicide" by Dr. Gary Remafedi, October 6 1999, retrieved 2 May 2006.
4. ^ "Youth suicide risk and sexual orientation - Statistical Data Included" by Rutter, Philip A & Soucar, Emil, Summer 2002, retrieved 2 May 2006.
5. ^ Articles Relating to Suicide by GLB Youth, retrieved 3 May 2006.
6. ^ Prevent Teen Suicide: Distribute Yellow Ribbon Cards, retrived 3 July 2006.
7. ^ "The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent Suicide 1999", United States Department of Health and Human Services, 21 July 2004, retrieved 2 May 2006.
8. ^ When you fear someone will take their own life. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (2006-08-27). Retrieved on 2006-08-27.
9. ^ Treatments: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. depresioNet (2004-01-08). Retrieved on 2006-08-27.
10. ^ AAP - Preventing Teen Suicide. American Academy of Pediatrics (2006-08-27). Retrieved on 2006-08-27.

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External links

• - Suicide and Emotional Intelligence - index for many different resources involving teen suicide. Site includes information and valuable help for teens and parents of teens, as well as emotional needs that lead up to and cause suicide.
• ULifeline Suicide Prevention - section about suicide on ULifeline, a mental health resource for college students.
• TeenSuicide.us - suicide information.
• Second Wind Fund - a teenage suicide prevention fund.
• The Trevor Helpline: 1 866 - 4U TREVOR - nationwide, 24-hour, free, confidential suicide helpline for gay and questioning teenagers, United States. See The Trevor Project for the Wikipedia article.
• Research from the UK government into the suicide rate in the UK.
• UK official statistics for suicide.
• 1-800-SUICIDE - National Suicide Prevention Hotline]
• Mind (National Association for Mental Health) UK

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