Adolescent Suicide Prevention Methods

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This paper discusses the issue of adolescent suicides (a statistic that has risen in the USA in recent years) and explains how identifying and treating adolescents at risk through psychology is essential to reducing the suicide rate. The paper goes on to list prevention methods that are available, citing several experts in this field.

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"Ten years ago the Center for Disease Control and Prevention did not report suicide rates among persons younger than 15 years of age, because of sparse numbers. During this last decade we have seen a dramatic increase in suicide among children. In the United States, suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among children between the ages of 10 and 15 and the third leading cause of death among youth between the ages of 15 and 25. Identifying and treating adolescents at risk through psychology is therefore essential to the reduction of teenage suicide. Adolescent suicide prevention methods include removing loaded weapons from the household, suicide prevention programs, communication among at-risk adolescents, discontinuing drug use and treating psychiatric illnesses that may lead to suicide."

Sample of Sources Used:

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