American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Is Suicide Awareness Missing Form College Curriculum? • Argument It is ironic that colleges do not incorporate suicide prevention or awareness into the standard curriculum. College’s get into business mode and miss the main focus of their existence, and that is to instruct. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention statistical report confirms that the majority of the suicides are from the age bracket of college students. The report outlines a few groups for suicides as indicated, “In…

help at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's annual Out of the Darkness Walk. The walk took place on September 24th at Highland Park in Washington. In total there were 402 walkers that raised approximately 18,281 dollars toward suicide prevention. As volunteers we helped set up, passed out food, helped with the coloring station and cleaned up. On January 27, 2011 I lost my brother in law to suicide and it was devastating. Since then i’ve had a passion for raising suicide awareness.…

42,000 Americans commit suicide every year. 60% of Americans are affected by it in their lifetime. Those statistics inspired a local school district to hold their own Suicide Awareness Day. "I feel like they are getting that this is a real problem. It's not something that you could just ignore, it's something that happens to real people," said Campbell-Savona High School Freshman, Emily Smith. The school's student council organized the Suicide Awareness Day. The students sold…

Depression can manifest itself in a variety of ways, which can include feelings of worthlessness and helplessness, a loss of interest in usual hobbies and activities, and thoughts of death and suicide. People who are depressed sometimes do not feel sad at all, but instead feel restless and irritable, and some patients can have physical symptoms like muscle pain and headaches. Symptoms of depression must be present for two weeks nearly every day for it to be considered major depression, although…

To most people, it may be difficult to fully understand the many obstacles that trans people face on a daily basis. They face huge disparities in almost every facet of society. Employers and landlords may gainsay people jobs and homes because they don't conform to gender norms, which is licit to do in 31 states. The 2011 National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS) found trans people are approximately four times as likely to live in extreme impecuniosity compared to the general population.…

Suicide is everywhere in every state and every country. Suicide is a problem that needs to be addressed because keeping hush hush about it will not let the world know what an affect it can have. Everyone needs to work together, speak up, and let others know that bullying and shaming is not acceptable when the outcome can be fatal. Society needs to take note of the warning signs people show when they are about to attempt suicide. Humanity can start to end social pressure, and educate the public…

Regarding Suicide in the Geriatric Populous The act of taking one’s own life is typically referred to as suicide, and such an act is not strictly restricted to any one age group. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Suicide remains the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, with an average mean of 42,773 suicides occurring each year across all ages, and among this gathered data numerous deaths go unaccounted for, especially among the elderly population. This…

Lethal Beauty Should A Suicide Barrier Be Put Around The Golden Gate Bridge To Save Lives? According to the San Francisco Gate newspaper article titled, “Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Barrier Project May Slow Traffic,” it says, “More than 1,400 people have jumped to their deaths since the bridge opened in 1937. Most jumpers suffer a grisly death, with massive internal injuries, broken bones and skull fractures. Some die from internal bleeding; others drown” (1). On one side of the debate are…

Introduction The articles that I read where about suicide in the military and suicide in the general population of the Unites states. While reading I found that Suicide in the military where caused by several driving factors increased stress, age, mental disorder and many more, according to the Megan Meier foundation Suicide is the second most leading cause of death of people in the United States within the Age group of 15 to 24 years of age. According to Eaton, Messer and Hoge 50 percent of…

During the last 10 years, new means of suicide prevention efforts have generated valuable information on risk and protective factors, empirically based methods for preventing suicidal behavior, and enhanced research methods. During this period, the following developments have been observed in the area of suicide prevention; “A proliferation of curriculum-based suicide prevention programs in schools accompanied by increased attention and concerns voiced over format, goals, theoretic orientation…