John T. Maltsberger once said “There is no suffering greater than that which drives people to suicide; suicide defines the moment in which mental pain exceeds the human capacity to bear it. It represents the abandonment of hope.” Today’s current issue is teen suicide that is related to technology, how it is involved, and the actions people can take to prevent it. Suicide is a major public health problem. Suicide statistics show that there is more than thirty-two thousand, which is equal to eighty-nine suicides a day, suicide deaths in the United States alone, but there are almost one million suicides all over the world every year. Krista R. Kersting says “ Males die by suicide at nearly four times the rate of females and represent 78.8 percent
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The technology part of the suicides statics shows how it 's related to technology. These statistics show ninety-seven percent of people twelve to eighteen years of age uses the internet. A lot of studies shows that 16 percent of kids talk about what they do online to their parents or some form of adult. The other 84 percent hide what they do from their parents and wont tell when asked or they lie about what they are doing. Kersting says, “68 percent to 97 percent of online aggression victims also experience offline relational aggression and 24 percent to 76 percent also experience offline physical victimization.” (Kersting Web.) Luxton et al. says that “the internet might have the role as the topic that is growing interest and debate in suicide-related behavior, and attempts to assess the extent of the Internets influence on suicide behavior are difficult because of the indirect and complex association between Internet and suicide.” (Luxton et al. Web.) There are highly legal complexities that are involved such as freedom of speech, and civil liberties. These complexities have triggered the debate of “whether some of social media 's influence on suicide behavior should be considered a public health problem and how public health approaches might be used to address this influence are relevant issues” (Luxton et al. Web)(Kersting Web)(CBC News
The technology part of the suicides statics shows how it 's related to technology. These statistics show ninety-seven percent of people twelve to eighteen years of age uses the internet. A lot of studies shows that 16 percent of kids talk about what they do online to their parents or some form of adult. The other 84 percent hide what they do from their parents and wont tell when asked or they lie about what they are doing. Kersting says, “68 percent to 97 percent of online aggression victims also experience offline relational aggression and 24 percent to 76 percent also experience offline physical victimization.” (Kersting Web.) Luxton et al. says that “the internet might have the role as the topic that is growing interest and debate in suicide-related behavior, and attempts to assess the extent of the Internets influence on suicide behavior are difficult because of the indirect and complex association between Internet and suicide.” (Luxton et al. Web.) There are highly legal complexities that are involved such as freedom of speech, and civil liberties. These complexities have triggered the debate of “whether some of social media 's influence on suicide behavior should be considered a public health problem and how public health approaches might be used to address this influence are relevant issues” (Luxton et al. Web)(Kersting Web)(CBC News