Suicide has been an issue among all ages, especially among elderly. According to World Health Organization (WHO), approximate one million people die by suicide in the world every year, and global suicide rate among elderly people is three time higher than the rate among youth (Wasserman 2011). However, it is more understandable that suicide rate among old aged people is higher, because elderly people may suffering from physical and mental illness which is more likely to result in suicide. But there are still risk factors and warning signs that we can recognized to prevent the tragic event from happening. Furthermore, once an elderly person is recognized as at risk for suicide, various of treatment can be provided on time.
Most children were involved in physical and sexual abuse. Their traditions and cultural knowledge among the children were also destroyed. Native Americans were made strangers to their own cultural heritage and that grief did not go away. There was continues relocation, land loss, as well as the government terminating policies for Native rights. The Lakota Sioux people had suicide rates that were over 3 times that of Whites and death by alcoholism was 7 times the national average.
Many of the former students and their children and grandchildren sometimes go to jail, are in poverty, have lost their language and culture or have commit suicide. Aboriginals also have lower graduation rate that the national average. Many of the children and grandchildren have suffered abuse from their parents that went to these schools because the physical, mental, and sexual abuse that they suffered is passed down through their generations and many of them suicide because of this. Many of the aboriginals who attended the schools were missing or dead because of the tuberculosis infection that killed many of the children taking and living in the schools . According to the Canadian Institute of Child Health, in 2000 the suicide rate for first nations from the age of 0 to14 was double what the national suicide rate was.
The enduring mystery of suicide! Summary: This article talks about how the average age for people to commit suicide is decreasing very rapidly and doctors and professionals have no idea why. The writer talks about how there a couple of reasons why guys are committing suicide 3 times the rate of girls are. One reason is guys don’t want to go for help because in their minds if you can’t handle your problem on your own you’re a sissy. Another reason guys would find it harder to admit they are depressed would be the embarrassment for them to explain their problem to someone, unlike a girl, whose pride doesn’t get as damaged as easily.
What are potential solutions? Despite the stigma a police officer is more likely to die from suicide than in the line of duty (Violanti, 2008). Retired officers also suffer a high rate of completed suicide (Violanti, 2008). The rate of police officer suicide is three times the national average (Lindsey & Kelley, 2004). In the United States, the most common and successful method of suicide is by fire arm (CDC, 2009).
In our country nearly one half of households own a gun and nearly thirty thousand people die each year from gun shot related wounds (Smock 151). It is because of statistics like these that gun control has become one of the most heated issues that our country is currently facing. While it is obvious that guns are dangerous weapons that must be used responsibly, many people are debating whether or not stricter laws should be put in to place in an attempt to lower the harms caused by guns. Many states and cities across the nation have already established laws that have made it harder for people to get their hands on guns. Many extremists have even asked for guns to be completely taken out of the hands of everyday citizens.
How does it feel to be bullied? Well it does NOT feel very well. For some cases, it leads to suicide. Statistics show that… Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts.
Suicide Clinton C Pickett Liberty University Abstract This paper introduces the definition of a crisis. A crisis can be many things to many different people; the loss of a house to a fire, the death of a grandparent or the loss of a job all qualify as a crisis; though not all may quality as a crisis to a single individual. Suicide is the most difficult and complicated grievance experienced across the world in every country and every culture. Statistics imply that in the US, one is more likely to die by suicide than to be shot (James, 2008). Dealing with those who have attempted suicide and those who are grieving the loss of a love one who has committed suicide present a delicate dilemma that is multi-faceted can be infinitely complex.
Men are known to commit suicide more often than women, (Mironova, Rhodes, Bethell, Tonmyr, Boyle, Wekerle, & Leslie, ) (2011) (p1). There seems to be no known cause for this at this time and more research is required to determine the exact reason for this. There does seem to be several studies that suggest that suicide is more often a result of child abuse if there is a history of mental disorders. PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is the result of years of abuse. The perpetrator may have been abused themselves and suffered from mental
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