Depression, Suicide, And Suicide And Depression In Teens

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has published a fact sheet of statistics on suicide in the United States. In 2007, it is reported that suicide was the tenth leading cause of death. Furthermore, for every suicide committed, eleven were attempted. A total of 34,598 deaths occurred from suicide with an overall rate of 11.3 suicide deaths per 100,000 people. (NIMH, 2010). Risk factors were also noted on this report and listed “depression and other mental disorders, or a substance abuse disorder (often in combination with other mental disorders). More than ninety percent of people who die by suicide have these risk factors (NIMH, 2010).”

Over 40 million Americans have been diagnosed with at least one mental illness (NIMH 2015), and 43,000 Americans commit suicide every year (NIMH 2014), with most of those deaths deemed preventable (Mann et. al 2005).

Around this time or couples of years back most North Americans aren't in their best shape. Based on WebMD “Clinical depression, also known as major depression, is an illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts. Clinical depression affects the way you eat and sleep. It affects the way you feel about yourself and those around you. It even affects your thoughts.” Depression is a mental disorder. It literally affects everything in your body: your mind, your thoughts and well being. If depression is left untreated just imagine the toll it’d do on your body. Depression is no the only mental illness that cause physically harm you. The U.S National Library of Medicine claims “The lifespan of people with severe mental illness (SMI) is shorter compared to the general population.” Yet there are some people out there that might debate that with this information we wouldn’t be helping the issues in any way.

Depression is an everlasting issue that sometimes never seems to go away. Many people around the world struggle with depression while others cannot grasp the concept that depression is a big deal and it’s not something you can just get rid of. What role does the media play in dealing with depression? Does the media give positive feedback or negative feedback? Demi Lovato wrote the song “Warrior” that addresses the issue of depression and the overcoming process that comes with it when analyzed using a cultural lens.

There is at least 113 suicides each day or 1 every 13 minutes. Suicide among males is the seventh leading cause of death and the fourteenth leading cause in females. Most suicides are with a firearm and are carried out with a “ Saturday night special”. (Dilaura,Cynthia DiLaura) “More than 90 percent of suicide attempts with a gun are fatal. “ (Brady Campaign) There are a number of reasons why suicide occurs. Stress is the number one cause among our youth, bullies, peer pressure, depression, and abuse. 41,100 people committed suicide in the United States in 2013. Our young teens today does not take time to look deeper into there problem and to seek out a better solution. They are looking for a quick fix but not realizing once the trigger is pulled the result is final with no turning back. Most people who has attempted suicide is more likely to try a second attempt and most have an underlying mental illness. There is many warming that someone may be in a suicide crisis. We most learn how to see things through their eyes. No matter what one is facing in life or the difficult that lie ahead of them Nothing is worth taken your own

42,773 people commit suicide every year in the United States. “Suicide is...the sincerest form of criticism life gets” Wilfrid Sheed. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. For every successful suicide, there are ten men and women who attempt suicide. And for every one of those, there are ten who think of killing themselves, but do not.(Some Reasons). People commit suicide for multiple reasons.

The Center for Disease Control is responsible for keeping track and providing facts and figures for suicide. They describe suicide as a serious problem and a leading cause of death in the United States. It is in fact the 10th leading cause of death across all age groups. In 2013, an estimated 41,149 people successfully committed suicide (Understanding). In contrast, 494,169 attempted to harm or kill themselves but failed (Understanding). Many more people are thought to have tried and not sought out help, leaving them an unknown factor in the equation. All in all, suicide and its attempt are responsible 6.1 billion dollars in medical and work loss costs in the United States annually (Understanding).

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (2018), found that 105 Americans die by suicide daily. The mental health disorder of Depression affects 20-25% of Americans by the age of 18 years old. The suicide rate in America is high, but 80-90% of the people that seek treatment for depression

Kutner, Max. "Teen Suicide Is Contagious, and the Problem May Be Worse Than We Thought;

According to AFSP.org; on average 44,193 Americans die from suicide each year and for every suicide there are 25 attempts and is also the 10th leading cause of death each year in the United States; with firearm more likely to be the cause of death in a suicide than any other form of suicide. These are the rates of every person who has

Mental health is a major concern in the United States. In 2013, nearly 37,000 deaths were reported as a result of suicide (Das, 2015). In the same year, just about 630,000 people went to the emergency room due to self-inflicted injury (Das, 2015). Between 2013 and 2014, 5.4% of the non- institutionalized United States' population experienced depression within any 14-day period. One-tenth of the United States population in 2014 reported two or more weeks of psychologically unhealthy days within a 30-day period; the mean American adult reported 3.4 unhealthy days (Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2015c). Although recent studies have shown 15% of the US population will become clinically depressed at some point in their life.

Approximately 117 Americans die every day to suicide and for every suicide there is 25 other unsuccessful attempts (Suicide Statistics, 2016). The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention says that suicide is the 10th leading cause of deaths in the USA and that 42773 American dies every year. Research shows that suicide happens to any race, gender or age.

Hundreds of thousands of people die due to suicide every year. This number is estimated to double by 2020 should the current trend continue. The primary cause of these suicides is mental disorders and harmful use of alcohol - which in itself is a result of mental health related conditions. The World Health Organization reports indicate that 20% of the world 's children and adolescents suffer from one or more mental disorders and according to the Kim foundation, 57.7 million people in the US suffer from a mental health disorder.

Relevance Statement: According to Medical Author: Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, Depression is the leading cause of suicide. In a national survey of high school students, nearly 20% of teens thought about attempting suicide, and more than 8% made a suicide attempt. Over half of all kids who suffer from depression will eventually attempt suicide at least once, and over 7% will die as a result.

Suicide has become one of the leading cause of death in adolescents. More youth die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, combined. I ask myself, what has changed in the past years that has caused these rates to continuously increase. When you do research on adolescent suicide you’ll find hundreds of studies based on background, race, poverty, bullying etc., but very few include analysis of trends among sexual minority youth from cohorts of the same geographic population (Peter et al., 2016)