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Teen Suicide, 2006.
A statistical and causal look at teen suicide, focusing particularly on Idaho and Pocatello.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 8 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper reviews the issues relating to teen suicide from both a statistical and causal viewpoint. Statistics focus on the national level as well as state and local levels for Idaho and Pocatello, respectively. The paper also recommends nursing intervention along the way through the development and implementation of appropriate programs and provides evaluation methods as well.
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"Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among American teens (Jenson, 2005; "Idaho fact," (n.d.); Bloch, 1999). It has been reported that between 15 - 22% of teens are affected by at least one form of mental illness (Puskar, Lamb & Tusaie-Mumford, 1997). In Idaho, the teen suicide rate is 135% of that for the rest of the nation ("Idaho suicide," (n.d). Suicide attempts are more common among females, averaging 60-63%, however suicide is actually carried out at a higher rate among males at a 4:1 ratio ("Idaho suicide," (n.d.); Leehey, 1986 and McCall & Land, 1994 as cited by Bloch, 1999). According to Bloch (1999), between 1950 and 1999, the rate of teen suicide has tripled. In 2000, the estimated costs experienced in Idaho due to suicide in those under 25 resulted in $3.77 million in direct costs and over $81 billion in anticipated lost earnings."
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Teen Suicide, 2001.
An overview of teen suicide, including psychological analysis and social causes.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 7 sources, $ 34.95
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"A number of old people might wish they could be young again; however, being a young person today is not as easy as they assume. Young people have to cope with tons of pressure and troubles as well as adults do. In fact, there have been many teenagers who couldn?t handle life and killed themselves. 'Five thousand teens successfully kill themselves each year, about one every 90 minutes."
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Teen Suicide, 2005.
An overview of adolescent suicide rates.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper focuses on the issue of teen suicide. The paper discusses the elements that are indicators of teen suicide for high risk groups. It further discusses programs that have been instituted throughout the United States for teen suicide, and the programs that are in place for intervention and prevention of teen suicide. It closes with a synopsis of the research.
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"Suicide in the United States is considered the second leading cause of death for adolescents between the ages of 15 to 24 (Vannatta, 1996, p.149). Studies indicate that in the past few years the instance of black male youths who attempt suicide, or accomplish suicide is growing. White male youths are the largest segment of the teen population to attempt or commit suicide, as the research indicates that 8.1% of white males ages 15-24 take their own lives each year (Satcher, 1999, p.200). Further research indicates that female teen attempts at suicide are half the rate of the male population, though females are more likely to be swayed toward suicidal thoughts quickly because of events in their lives (Satcher, 1999, p.201)."
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Teen Suicide and Schools, 2002.
The role of schools in the prevention of suicides among teenagers.
1,092 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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The recent spate of school shootings has focused attention on violent behavior among teenagers. However, little attention has been given to another insidious and more common form of violence among young people -- the rise in teenagers committing suicide. This paper looks at the silent epidemic of teen suicide and the role schools could play in addressing this issue. The first part of the paper is an overview of teen suicide, looking at the scope of the problem and main causes of suicide among young people. In the second part, the paper looks at the changing role schools have played in preventing suicide and examines the current suicide prevention programs in place. Finally, the paper studies the barriers that stand in the way of such programs and suggests solutions to the problems.
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"The advent of two-income households and single parent families has changed the role schools play in the lives of young people. After all, many adolescents spend at least one-third of the day in school, or more for those involved in extra-curricular activities (King, 132). This has led to a broader definition of the term in loco parentis, the principle of temporary parental power originally conferred by Roman citizens on their children?s Greek teachers. In the United States, writes Portner, this power to discipline students also carried a corresponding responsibility to keep children from harm. (Portner, ?Suicide,?)."
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Teen Suicides, 2002.
A study of the cause of teen suicide and what can be done to help prevent it from happening.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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A paper on teen suicides. The paper explores how drugs, violence, sex and even peer pressure contribute to this devastating crime. The paper also looks at what parents can do to help their children cope.
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Teen Suicides, 2004.
A look at how teen suicides affect families and society as a whole.
1,836 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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Suicide is perhaps the most tragic and traumatic type of death that can occur in any family or community. When committed by a teenager who has not yet lived the greater part of his/her life, the act seems all the more shocking. It is, therefore, most disturbing to note that, while the general suicide rate in the US has declined in the last 25 years, it has tripled among the adolescents in the same period and is now the second-most common cause of death of teenagers. This paper examines various aspects of adolescent suicides, including the profile of a likely suicide candidate, major causes of teen suicide, and some ways of preventing it.
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"Suicide is now one of the leading causes of death among American teenagers ahead of cancer, heart disease, AIDS, lung disease, and birth defects combined. Certain sub-groups among teenaged Americans are more vulnerable than others. For example, three times as many teenaged girls attempt suicide as boys. However, the single most likely candidate for ?successful? suicide is the white teenaged boy. This is because boys use more lethal methods for suicide such as firearms and hanging while taking sleeping pills (which has a higher survival rate) is the preferred suicide method among girls. It is also possible that psychologically, the girls in particular, are crying out for help while attempting suicide and could be secretly hoping to be rescued. Most recent researches have reported consistently higher rates of suicides and attempted suicides among the gays and homosexuals?one report finds that rates of serious attempted suicides among homosexual youths are 4 times higher. The suicide rate for black youth (previously considered to be less likely to commit suicide) has also risen sharply in recent years."
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Drugs and Adolescent Suicide, 1994.
A look at the usefulness of labeling and control theories in understanding teen suicide, drug use vs. abuse, social pressures and myths.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 8 sources, $ 95.95
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"Adolescents who engage in substance abuse have a significantly increased rate of self-inflicted death, and there is a close relationship between substance misuse patterns and the number and severity of suicide attempts. In addition, youth identified because of their suicidal behavior frequently use and abuse drugs and alcohol.
It does not follow, however, that a cause and effect relationship exists between drug use and suicide. In fact, the recreational use of drugs is not to be confused with the abuse of drugs-suicide relationship. In fact, the issue of drug use as an individual problem may be less relevant to suicidal behavior than larger, external social forces impacting the individual.
An examination of the quantity of drug usage, methods of suicide attempt, reasons for suicide, and methods of counseling will be examined as they pertain to suicidal youth. The drug-suicide connection will be examined in light of views placing more emphasis on social, rather than psychological..."
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Teenage Suicide, 2004.
An analysis of the rising problem of teenage suicide.
2,221 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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This paper discusses and analyzes the problem of teen suicide. The paper researches the problem and submits a detailed proposal that offers a better plan for lessening or remedying the problem. The paper contends that teenage suicide is rapidly becoming one of the biggest problems facing teens today. The paper explains that schools, families, friends, and professionals must learn to recognized the early symptoms of potential suicide in order to act on them as quickly as possible.
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"Suicide by teenagers is a social problem facing the nation. Families all over the country are coping with depressed and angry children, and turning to the schools and social service agencies for help and understanding. One writer called teen suicide, "an emotional cancer at the heart of our 'successful society,' but it has remained, for the most part, a hidden silent crisis" (Portner, 2001, pg. vii-viii). Much research has shown the problem affects boys more than girls and those with ethnic backgrounds even more so. However, girls tend to "attempt" suicide more often than boys do. The problem exists for a number of reasons. Most teens who commit suicide have some form of mental problem or diagnosis, and many are depressed or hopeless (Davis, 1999, pg. 119). Thus, it seems all teens are at risk at one time or another, and so, society must work harder to discover the signs of suicide in teens, and help teens with their problems before they reach suicide levels."
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Emile Durkheim- 'Suicide', 2002.
A term paper summarizing Durkheims "suicide". It is a paper that paraphrases what Durkheim actually meant when he wrote Suicide. Each paragraph covers Egotistic, Anomie, and Alturistic suicide.
1,876 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 60.95
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This essay focuses on the work of Durkheim entitled "Suicide. " The author attempts to understand Durkheim's work, the role of sociology in suicide, the ambiguity surrounding the definition of suicide and the forms of suicide.
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Suicide, Durkheim's third major work is of importance as it was his first attempt to bring empiricism into Sociology. Empiricism would provide a sociological explanation for phenomena such as suicide, which was traditionally regarded as restrictively psychological or biological. Durkheim defined the role of Sociology as comparable to Biology in natural science. Both disciplines study the normal or abnormal characteristics of phenomena, which affect the strength, or weakness of the organism. Sociology's main focus is to "study facts external to the individual" (Thompson 1985:92). When the term suicide comes to mind, we do not automatically link it with Sociology. Suicide can be argued to be a mental state, which is reserved mostly for the discipline of psychology. Durkheim looks at how this perceived mental state can be brought into Sociology by looking at elements such as family, occupations and social ties, all of which are a part of society and the root of Sociology. These elements are "always contemporaneous with some crisis which temporarily affects the social state" (Thompson 1985:95). Looking at society's groups, Durkheim noted that each "population had its own suicide rate, and that this rate is more constant than the general mortality".
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Suicide, 2008.
A comparison of the arguments of Immanuel Kant in "Suicide and Duty" and David Hume in "Of Suicide."
1,578 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper presents David Hume's argument against suicide as described in "Of Suicide." It discusses his arguments based on God's plan for human beings and the establishment of immutable laws that cannot be transgressed, although he does defend suicide in certain scenarios. It then discusses Immanuel Kant's argument against suicide in "Suicide and Duty" and his position that suicide can never be justified.
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"Kant (1930) provides the strongest position on the immorality of suicide. Although Hume (1874) defends suicide in certain cases, he based his entire argument in God's plan for human beings and the establishment of immutable laws that cannot be transgressed. Those laws are, in fact, providence, designed to protect human beings and guide them. The problem with Hume's (1874) argument is that in a universe that is completely controlled and determined by God, there is no choice for the human being. All that anyone can do is to accept and observe the laws. The whole argument depends on whether has faith in God. Kant's (1930) argument focuses on the human being as having a great deal of worth and as a person who is a moral agent. The person can commit suicide but the choice is made on the basis of a higher purpose which is that person's own purpose."
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"Le Suicide", 2007.
An analysis of Emile Durkheim's theories on suicide, as presented in his book, "Le Suicide".
754 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses "Le Suicide," Emile Durkheim's reportedly "flawed masterpiece" on suicide which was published in 1897. The paper describes Durkheim's theories on anomic suicide and egoistic suicide and discusses how they differ. The paper discusses Durkheim's comparison of the relation to marriage's effect on suicide's frequency to anomic and egoistic suicides.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Flawed Masterpiece
Durkheim's Explanations
A, if not "The" Central Theme
In Light of Suicide's Darkness
Conclusion
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"In Le Suicide, Durkheim purported that anomic suicide transpires when a person's existence is destitute of restrictions and recognition and by other individuals in society. "Anomic suicides, as Durkheim described them, destroy themselves in remorse over their abandonment by society, for they cannot support the loneliness of anonymity." (Siebers)"
"Durkheim contended that egoistic suicide evolves from a person no longer being able to conclude he/she has a reason for living. Egoistic suicides radically reject society, as they are dramatically removed from the "normal social justifications of existence." Egoistic, as well as, anomic suicides reportedly stem from society's inadequate presence in a person or their larger persona. "'Egoistic suicide,'" Durkheim concludes, "'results from man's no longer finding a basis for existence in life'." (Ibid)"
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Assisted Suicide, 2007.
An analysis of Plato's views on suicide and assisted suicide, as seen in his works.
1,556 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper discusses the views of the ancient philosopher, Plato, on suicide. The paper shows that his views, when examined in the context of assisted suicide, show his stance to be one of general disapproval, with a few exceptions. The paper examines his general views in "Phaedo," "Laws" and "The Republic" and then discuss the exceptions to his stance.
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"The only assisted suicide Plato would find acceptable based on his beliefs of suicide in general and on his beliefs regarding medical assistance, would be an assisted suicide for the terminally ill and disabled. Again, however, Plato's views on this matter suggest the decision to end the life of such a person would not be in the hands of the ill, but in the views of society in terms of the individual's ability to contribute to moral and social standards. Since the modern view of assisted suicide refers to an individual's choice to end life, such an act would be disapproved of by Plato. Only in cases where society views the individual as a burden, and thus, as an undesirable citizen, would such an assisted suicide be seen as morally acceptable. To assist an individual who is capable of contributing to society, but is simply unwilling to do so, would be morally reprehensible."
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Suicide Bombers: Who Are They?, 2007.
This paper studies the psychology and mindset of a suicide bomber.
2,508 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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The paper examines various factors including the etiology of an average suicide, the history of suicide attacks, how suicide bombings are committed and the profile of a suicide bomber. The paper also discusses cultural support for suicide bombings, the correlation between finances and suicide bombings and the relationship between political freedom and suicide bombings. The paper shows how there is no single profile for a suicide bomber. The paper relates that it looks like the most significant factor for creating a suicide bomber is that he or she come from a culture that supports martyrdom. The paper also reveals that the most important elements in creating a suicide bomber appear to be feelings of oppression combined with a lack of political freedom.
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"Since 9-11, there have been several, competing theories, in which people have attempted to explain the psychology of the suicide bomber. Some people maintain that suicide bombers do not differ significantly from other people who commit suicide, and are marked by behaviors indicative of depression. However, there is little evidence to support such claims. In fact, more recent studies tend to suggest that suicide bombers do not suffer from an underlying affective disorder like depression, which would lead them to engage in suicidal behavior. Furthermore, there is no evidence that suicide bombers, at least at the time of recruitment, suffer from any type of psychopathology that would distinguish them from the general population."
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Youth Suicide, 2002.
Examines the predictive factors in suicide among children and youth.
3,641 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 101.95
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Of the 300,000 people who attempt suicide every year in the United States, about 10 percent succeed. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in children 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 the number is climbing. In Los Angeles county alone in one year, youth suicide climbed 80 percent. 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 investigating predictors of suicide in young people. To this end, three categories of suicide predictor research are examined: Studies using clinical samples; studies using non-clinical samples and studies comparing predictors of clinical and non-clinical samples. The second part of this paper examines the story of one tragic youth who committed suicide in front of his classmates, as well as the issues faced by youth suicide in one major county. The review ends with the formulation of several conclusions concerning factors that assist in predicting suicide risk in young people.
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"Hutchings (1998) has suggested that another factor that may place children and adolescents at higher risk of suicide is if they witness domestic violence in their homes. In her study of a small sample of adolescents, Hutchings observed that adolescents who witness violence in the home are at an increased risk of trying to handle their own problems using violent methods; probably because their parents have modeled this behavior. Being at increased risk of using violence as a mechanism for coping, Hutchings feels that these teens could well be at increased risk of handling pain via suicide."
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Sociological Approach to Suicide, 2004.
An analysis of whether suicide is an individual phenomenon or a societal construct through an examination of Emile Durkheim's theory on suicide.
1,205 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper explains how, according to the functionalist theory described by Emile Durkheim, suicide rates are social facts based on other established social facts and thus have a sociological basis. The writer points out that, as suicide rates are social facts, Durkheim sets out to provide an empirical basis of social explanation regarding suicide, providing a far different account of trends than the previously perceived notion that suicide is based purely on individual or psychological reasons. It shows how the phenomenon of what actually motivates the occurrence of suicide can be examined from a social perspective, implicating society as a factor in stimulating an individual to commit suicide.
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"As Henslin explains in Down to Earth Sociology, the study of sociology proposes several different events. He explains, societies structure and nuances are interrelated, society is dynamic and defined in history, and individuals can flourish in society through a system of selection. Thus, sociologists like Durkheim study the dynamics of society to account for historical and social justifications, finding relevance in social outcomes. In the case of suicide, Durkheim defines it as, ?all cases of death resulting directly of indirectly from a positive or negative act of the victim himself, which he knows will produce this result,? excluding accidental deaths from this scenario. Upon Durkheim?s functionalist analysis of suicide rates, factoring in demographics, he accounted for distinct trends in the consistency of the rates, noting a series of social sets implying a collective tendency toward the results. He narrowed his theory on societal influence on suicide rates to sets defined by deviations in social behavior or moral behavior."
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