Parasuicide

800000 people around the world commit suicide every year, this is equivalent to 1 person every 40 seconds. According to DoSomething.org, in every 25 attempted suicides only one is successful. With this new set of information as well as the first thing I told you, that works out to 20 000 000 people attempting to commit suicide annually. Many people around the world who haven’t had suicidal thoughts nor been related to a person who has, have the tendency to judge a person in ways of calling them…

Caitlin Tinkham English IV Ms. Gawith 29 September 2017 Someone Else’s Love In the novel, 13 Reasons Why, written by Jay Asher, a high school student, Hannah Baker, commits suicide by swallowing pills in result of despair, bullying and betrayal. Hannah leaves behind sets of cassette tapes sent to 13 different people to tell them how they played a role in her death. One of the recipients, Clay Jensen, believes at first, he could have saved Hannah from committing suicide. In the end, he…

Mental health has become a serious issue amongst college students in the United States. According to the National Alliance on Mental Health Illness (2015), the third leading cause of death on college campuses is suicide. 73 percent of college students who are currently living with a mental health condition have experienced a mental health crisis on campus. However, 34.2 percent reported that they were not aware that their students were dealing with these issues on their campus. In the past year,…

In this academic journal, they discuss the two main issues in teens, which are suicide and substance abuse. They also talks about the relationship between teen suicide and non-suicidal self-injury. According to the authors, suicide is a major public health concern in children and adolescents. “Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among 10-24 year olds in the United States, and there is a six-fold rise in prevalance of suicide from childhood to late adolescence.” says Drs. Kim and Dickstein.…

Is It Safe To Go On A Plane In Anchorage Alaska? With an area twice the size of Texas with few roads between many towns and cities, Alaska’s residents rely heavily on air transportation to commute and move goods throughout the state. Air taxis and commuter planes serve as the main form of transportation to many villages in remote areas. Furthermore, the tourism industry also relies heavily on airplanes for both transportation and sightseeing. On any given day, you can look into the sky and see…

Bullying: Is It Worth It Did you know over 160,000 U.S. children miss school every day due to a fear of bullying? So, let ask you is it worth it. Is it worth having another one of our peers and children lost to SUICIDE. Is it worth the low self- esteem, and anxiety? So, tell me is bullying WORTH IT? There may be different types of bullying but they all result in the same thing either someone getting hurt Mentally, Physically, or Verbally.” Teenage bullying is one of the leading…

Introduction Once thought to be a rare disease, anorexia nervosa (AN) is now “the third most common chronic disease among teenage girls” (Lucas, 2004, p. 21). This is a horrific amount considering that, “Approximately 5 to 10 percent of people with anorexia die as a result of either starvation or suicide” (Anorexia and Bulimia, 2004, p. 43). Although anorexia nervosa is mainly associated with women, men may also develop it, “with a female-male ratio of 10:1”(Gueguen, 2012, p. 537). It is…

Suicide is a devastating problem in our country. It is a crime that is punishable if attempted and not punishable if committed. Suicide is a major problem in the U.S. However there is always a solution to every problem. We need to stop the 42,773 people who take their lives every year. At no point should anyone want to ever take their life. Suicide is a huge issue and everyone needs to be educated about it. Suicide, though preventable, is a huge problem. Statistics show that it is very deadly.…

The day was March 4, 2004 at 2:33 A.M. My sister, mother, and I were staying at my grandmother’s two-story home for the night after she and my father got into another argument. They had begun fighting a lot recently, mainly for the reason that my father had picked up the bottle once again. My sister and I were sharing a room and a bed. For some reason I had woken up. I guess I just knew something was wrong. I opened the bedroom door and was going to head to the bathroom when I was blinded by the…

Emotional Impact PTSD has a significant emotional impact on returned soldiers; this is amplified with the occurrence of comorbid major depressive disorder (MDD). Ikin, Creamer, Sim, and McKenzie (2010) investigated the prevalence of comorbid PTSD and MDD amongst Australian veterans of the Korean War; 52 percent of PTSD cases were shown to have co-occurring depression. Key features of MDD include, disturbances in appetite, sleep, energy and concentration and overwhelming feelings of…