Abstract
Compares and contrasts suicide in both age groups. Epidemiological diagnoses (risk factors, psychiatric illness, health changes, depression, hopelessness). Behavioral diagnosis (family discord, love problems, substance abuse, school problems, social isolation). Educational diagnosis (influence of peers, home, school). Use of firearms as most popular method of suicide of both age groups.

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"Suicide Among Youth and the Elderly


This research paper will present, compare and contrast the topic of suicide among the youth and the elderly. Focus will also include a description of an epidemiological, behavioral, and educational diagnosis.


Suicide Among the Youth
The CDC reported that the number of suicides in 1988 was 30,575 or 11.13 per 100,000 American population. Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death. Females attempt suicide more than males, and males die four times more (73% white males). Suicide is the third cause of death for those ages 15 to 24, the fourth leading cause of death for those ages 10 to 14 years, and rates increase with age (highest for 65 years and older) (NCIPC, 2001; The Surgeon General, 1999). Firearm-related suicides are the most popular..."

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"Certain high risk activities are red-flag indicators for potential suicidal behaviors. These include using drugs and alcohol to escape stress and painful situations; the result of substance abuse is that a situation is created that increases an individual's feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, and self-destructive behavior."

Tags:depression, abuse, National, Institutes, of, Health, alcoholism, brain, physiology, neurotransmitters

Abstract
This paper deals with suicide in young males. Tracing some of the causes, like depression, the author attempts to provide an in-depth account of suicide. Quoting many experts on the subject, the author is able to provide facts and figures on the subject as well as lending a personal subjective account.

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?The etiology of suicide among young males is complex. Factors that contribute to suicide among the general population also are largely accountable for suicides of young males. However, some particular etiologies tend to be especially relevant in explaining suicide among both male teens and young adults. These include: untreated depression, substance abuse, and a connection with birth trauma, psychosocial factors and helplessness.?

Tags:youth, problems, depression

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"Suicide and suicidal attempts are, contrary to popular wisdom, quite frequent in childhood and adolescence. Even in the 1970s, suicidal death was shown to be one of the fastest growing adolescent problems, ranking fourth as the leading cause of death in the fifteen.to nineteen.year age group. This view is echoed in the more current literature in the field, which also emphasizes that 59 to 71 percent of surveyed adolescents believe suicide to be a potential for most within that age group. Similarly, attitudes toward death within the fabric of American society have significantly changed in post World.War II society, primarily because of the pervasive influence of television and the rapid rise in the importance of the media. Prior to the advent of the media age, most Americans lived in smaller, more tightly knit ... "

Abstract
Summarizes possible causes of depression and teenage suicide. Risk factors identified by psychologists and clinicians. External contributors (gender, birth order, substance abuse, social pressure, unstable families, conduct disorder). Internal contributors (hopelessness, coping skill deficits). Negative outcomes.; academic problems. Need to develop prevention tools. Paper contains many quotations.

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"INTRODUCTION
Depression has become a multi-million dollar industry. Mainstream daily life offers many stressful life events that are compounded by external stimuli such as the media. Too often, adolescents have received blame for acting out rather than receiving focus for reacting within. The self is a multi-faceted dynamic entity that is involved in the construction of meaning, mediating and regulating emotions and motivating actions (Orbach, Mikulincer, Stein, & Cohen, 1998, p. 435). With teenage suicide purported to be epidemic and rising, it is essential that the adolescent self be examined so preventive tools may be exacted and implemented. Adolescent depression has also been shown to predict a variety of negative outcomes, including: academic problems, marital difficulties, delinquency ..."

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This paper explores the often misdiagnosed manifestation of bipolar disorder in youth. The paper addresses the misconception that "depression" only affects adults. It looks at the many symptoms of bipolar disorder in children which continues through adolescence. It explains that even though there is no cure for the disorder, there are several treatments available - these are discussed. The paper also lists the type of behavior attributed to a youth suffering from bipolar disorder.

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"As a brain disorder affecting of 1 to 2 percent of the general population, bipolar disorder is considered to be genetically transmitted. Other than "bad genes", there is no other known cause (Durand et al., 2000). The disorder itself is rooted in biochemical imbalances that occur within the central nervous system. Symptoms include extreme mood swings, rise or fall in activity levels, and erratic behavioral changes. Most children with this disorder will go from a nearly euphoric high mood (manic) to a deeply depressed pessimistic and sometimes even suicidal mood (Depressive)."

Tags:children, depression, health, kids, manic, mental, teenagers, teens, youth

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This paper begins by providing an overview of the global problem of student suicide. It then provides statistics and figures for this phenomenon and looks at a case study of one such tragedy. Focusing on Oxford University, it looks at the way in which college and student organizations are trying to combat this problem and the role which academic pressure is said to play in causing suicide. It discusses the lack of proper counseling available and the issue of female discrimination on campus. It finally concludes with a list of reforms that are needed in universities in general and Oxford in particular.

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"Throughout a history people have been associating universities with knowledge and freedom. Longing for freedom of education, several centuries ago the first secular schools were founded, and some of them even managed to gain independence from the Catholic Church, which treated every attempt of unlicensed self-enlightenment as a serious crime.

However, starting from the beginning of the 19th century, the major purpose of universities gradually shifted from knowledge to skill. Indeed, today higher education institutions "produce" more professionals and high-skilled workers seeking employment in the competitive labor market than the actual scientists, who move the world's progress forward."

Tags:pressure, academic, campus

Abstract
A discussion of teenage suicide, its causes and effects. This paper examines aspects that may cause teenage suicide such as depression and stress and the possible methods one can use to minimize or deal with adolescent ordeals that may lead to suicide. The paper includes statistics of teenage suicide and a discussion of some of the misconceptions about the issue.

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"During the past quarter century, the suicide rate has tripled among young people fifteen to twenty-four years old. More than five thousand teens now take their own lives each year in the United Sates (Colman, 9). Next to accidents and homicides, suicide is the most common cause of death for people (Vine, 101). Suicide is the sixth leading cause of death in the ages of 5-14 years old! We see the media covering different areas about teenage suicide. Some of us may wonder what exactly caused those teens to go and end their life. What can we do to prevent the suicide rates to increase and help decrease it?"

Tags:death, kill, stress, depression, pressure, peer, pressure, emotion

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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."

Tags:children, divorce, life, socialization, suicidal

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An existentential nihilist paper on Albert Camus's essay on "An Absurd Reasoning." The paper focuses on Camus' major theme of absurdity with its relation to life and suicide. The paper uses quotes from Camus and examines the concepts of society and its ideal ethics.

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"Existential nihilist philosopher and 1957 Nobel Prize winner for literature, Albert Camus wrote an essay entitled "An Absurd Reasoning," where he suggests suicide is a solution to the absurd. As horrifying as it may sound and as absurd as it may seem, surprisingly, there is logic to his rather depressing theory. Due to society's concept and interpretation of suicide, Camus theory may and most likely be ignorantly disregarded. However, the purpose of this essay and perhaps also the impact may in doubt be able to reach upon and grasp further than the concepts of society and their ideal ethics. In order to grasp Camus theory, one must not understand but rather identify absurdity with its own parallel connection to the self. Without a reason to live and the absurdity in the pursuit of meaning, a simple conclusion may be drawn rather than sought, where suicide is the solution to the absurd."

Tags:absurdity, philosophy, reason, The, American, Dream