In families where alcohol or other drugs are being abused, behavior can range from loving to withdrawn to crazy and can be frequently unpredictable and communication can often be unclear. Family life can be characterized as chaotic and uncertain. Structure and rules may be either nonexistent or inconsistent. Children, who may not understand that their parent’s behavior and mood is determined by the amount of alcohol or other drugs in their bloodstream, can feel confused and insecure. They love their parents and worry about them, and yet feel angry and hurt that their parents do not love them enough to stop using.
It is a time where everything seems to go wrong, and a person starts to feel empty inside. It is like a mystery that could happen to young, old, rich and poor Teen Suicide is a major killer of teenagers today. It is the third leading cause of death in all teens, ages fifteen to eighteen and the second leading cause of death in ages nineteen to twenty four. Male teens commit suicide five times greater than female teens, although suicide attempts by females are three times as frequent as male suicides. A reason for this is the method of attempted suicide for males is usually with a gun that has a seventy-eight to ninety-nine percent chance of a fatality.
For example, an individual can become depressed after witnessing domestic violence within their own home and is afraid that the domestic violence will happen to them personally if they tell someone. I know someone who has been affected directly and indirectly from domestic violence from both parents and his former wife. Due to the domestic violence he has bouts of depression, social anxiety and panic attacks. The Acquisitive typology is someone who often will see students bullying other students to receive popularity. The students being bullied become afraid of the bully and will try and become friends with the bully in order to keep from being bullied anymore.
Running head: SUICIDAL CLIENTS 1 Working with a Suicidal Client Daron Elam Walden University Working with a Suicidal Client Determining: Suicidal or Not? Most suicide attempts occur in the context of interpersonal discord or other severe life stress (Butcher, Mineka & Hooley, 2006, p.292). In determining whether a person is suicidal or not, there are trends or commonality populations that make it easier for a counselor to narrow the process. Mood disorders, separated or divorced persons, borderline personality and anti-personality disorders also come at a heightened risk. (Butcher, Mineka & Hooley, 2006).
Many teenage females are not willing to discuss this topic with their parents and will not feel any more at ease talking to a man. A better sense of information would come from a female facilitator because she would be able to relate where a man cannot. He would need to not give his own personal opinions as this might influence participants towards other position or opinion in regards to the issues at hand (Morgan,
Teens can be often tricky by telling the parents that they can trust them and they can be responsible in the result of getting their privacy. [Citation needed] Once that privilege is given, the child you knew before is not the same and once the privilege of privacy is given, it’s hard to take back because they’veRef?already lost control of their kids. [Citation needed] Teens should not have the right to privacy because of the danger of internet, drugs, alcohol, and also teenage pregnancy. To start with, the internet can play a dangerous role in teens’ lives. When a teen is given too much privacy, they tend to make plenty of mistakes involving the internet.
Around 10-15% of patients with Bipolar I Disorder commit suicide, with the risks being highest during episodes of depression or mixed mania (the state of simultaneous depression and mania) (Suicide Rate, 2007). Some studies believe the risk for suicide in Bipolar II Disorder patients is even higher than those who are suffering with Bipolar I Disorder or major depressive disorder. Patients who also suffer from an anxiety disorder also are at greater risk for suicide. Fast cycling, a more complex bipolar disorder variation does not appear to enhance the suicide risk in patients with bipolar disorder symptoms. Lots of pre- and early adolescent children with bipolar disorder are more severely ill than adults with the disease.
According to Kids Health, “Suicide is the third leading cause of death for people between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four and the sixth leading cause of death for five to fourteen year olds.” (Nemours Foundation) There are many different causes that are believed to have an effect on adolescent choices and thoughts of committing suicide. Stress, clinical depression, pressure from peers and parents, drug abuse, and feelings of failure are a few of the many leading causes of adolescent suicide. Suicide affects teens that look at suicide as the perfect solution to ending what they believe to be a not so perfect life. Stress is characterized as feelings of tension, frustration, sadness, and worry that usually last from a few hours up to a few days. During the teen years ones emotions and hormones begin to change abruptly.
The second distortion is the personal fable, which occurs when the teen develops a large ego from thinking that others are observing or thinking about them. Both distortions cause teens to spend more time caring about what people think, which explains why many adolescent girls feel pressure to dress and act to high standards. Personal fable can have both negative and positive impact on the adolescent. According to Berk, teens tend to cope better with the challenges of adolescence when they feel highly capable and influential. However, the negative side effects to this distortion can be fatal to the teen’s overall physical health and future.
‘Widely publicized school shootings during the late 1990’s and early years of the twenty-first century have raised public concerns about rising adolescent violence and created the perception that juvenile delinquency is increasing.’ Statistics shows that juvenile crime rates are actually declining. In 2001, the total number of juvenile arrests was 2.3 million—a figure 4 percent below the total for 2000 and 20 percent below the 1997 total….. However this is a situation that evolved over the years and has not been dealt with appropriately and it can lead to murder, burglary, suicide, school dropout and a state of depression as well. I strongly agree that juvenile delinquency is most prominent in the secondary educational system and it can hamper the child’s ability to learn and it can also cause a nervous breakdown of the child’s nervous system. The three major factors in the secondary educational system that contribute to juvenile delinquency are single parent families, delinquent peers and the mass media.