Suicide in Children and Adolescents

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Examines predictive factors. Increase of suicide in young people. Current studies and research into predictors of suicide. Factors that place youth at-risk. Profille of a child or adolescent most likely to commit suicide. Also examines one teenager who committed suicide in front of his classmates & issues of youth suicide in Los Angeles County, 1998-1999.

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"Suicide in Children: Predictive Factors


Introduction
According to Hill (1998), of the 300,000 people who attempt suicide every year, about 10 percent succeed. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in kids under 15 years of age; and about one in every ten teenagers will attempt to commit suicide before they finish high school.


Moreover, since 1950 suicide among young people has increased by 250 percent and is showing signs of continuing to increase (Hill, 1998). In Los Angeles county alone in one year, youth suicide climbed 80 percent (Rivera 2001). These alarming statistics highlight the importance of the need to fully understand the factors that contribute to suicide among youth.


The first part of this paper examines the current research..."

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