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Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 3 Teens and Suicide
Chapter 5 Mental and Emotional Problems
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• During an average day in the United States, about twelve people aged 15 to 24 commit suicide.
• For many, suicide is a way of showing how much they are hurting.
• Suicide can often be prevented if people learn to recognize risk factors and warning signs.
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The major risk factors for teen suicide are depression, other mental disorders, and substance abuse.
Suicide Risk Factors
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Suicide Risk Factors
• Most teens who attempt suicide suffer symptoms of depression.
• Feelings of despair may lead a person to believe that death offers the only escape from the problems.
• With appropriate treatment, depression lifts and thoughts of suicide decrease.
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Suicide Risk Factors
• These factors put teens at risk for suicide:– Substance abuse.– Mental disorders.– A family history of mental illness or suicide.– Abuse or violence within the family.– Living in a home where guns are present.
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Suicide Risk Factors
• These factors also put teens at risk for suicide:– Spending time in prison.– Witnessing suicidal behaviors of others.– Feeling alone or isolated.– Major life stresses, such as the death of a loved one.
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Anyone talking about suicide should be taken seriously. Share your concerns with a trusted adult.
Preventing Suicide
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Preventing Suicide
• Suicide is preventable.
• Most people who attempt suicide do not want to die but can’t see any other way out of their problems.
• By learning to recognize the warning signs of suicide, you may be able to save a life.
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Warning Signs
• Warning signs of suicide include:
– Expressing feelings of depression, hopelessness, or guilt.
– Giving away valued possessions.– Loss of interest in everyday activities.– Self-inflicted injuries, such as cutting.
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Warning Signs
• Warning signs of suicide also include:
– Sudden lift of depression after deciding on suicide as a “solution” to problems.
– Thinking, talking, writing about death in a vague or casual way.
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Facts and Myths
• Myths related to suicide include:– “Only young people are at risk.”– “They aren’t serious.”– “There’s no way to stop them.”– “It’s dangerous to talk about suicide with them.”
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How to Help
• Reach out and honestly talk with the person you are concerned about.
• Try to help him or her see that there are solutions to their problems.
• Do not promise to keep a friend’s suicidal thoughts a secret. Tell a trusted adult immediately.
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How to Help
• Take immediate action. Call 911 or a local emergency number if you suspect someone may make a suicide attempt.
• Stay with the person until help arrives unless your own safety is at risk.
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How to Help
• It is normal to feel grief and depression if a friend commits suicide.
• After a friend or loved one commits suicide, you may need counseling to deal with the grief.
• Cluster suicides may occur if the friends of someone who commits suicide decide to attempt suicide as well.
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How to Help
• Suicide is a permanent solution to temporary problems.
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