In six pages the factors that lead to all types of suicide are examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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are many reasons, and to some people suicide is the only answer to the myriad problems in their lives. This paper sheds some light on the reason behind the
growing number of suicides each year. WHY SUICIDE? Mental health experts continue to find ways to predict which people are most likely to commit suicide. The National Mental
Health Association has found that "four out of five people who attempt suicide exhibit at least one of the following depressive signs: * An obsession with death *
Tremendous guilt * Suicide threats * A drastic change in appearance or personality * Strange behavior * A change in eating or sleeping habits *
A dramatic drop in grades * The desire to give away ones belongings Two lesser-known predictors are risky or macho behaviors (such as abusing drugs, fighting, and
even smoking cigarettes) and many so-called accidents (such as falling while hiking and crashing a car)" (Arenofsky 1997, 16). Currently experts are working on a simple blood test that
measures the level of a certain suicide-linked serotonin receptor. As yet, though, the test is not 100 percent effective and must be used with other predictors (Arenofsky 1997).
TEEN SUICIDE Even though our teens are taking fewer drugs than in prior years, suicide remains a growing problem. Suicide is becoming so serious and common, in fact, that
the medical community is re-evaluating how to identify and treat suicidal adolescents. The result of these studies has been a storm of new prevention initiatives, including an MTV ad
campaign set to launch this year that will attempt to destigmatize therapy for depressed teens. More than five hundred schools are expected to offer "depression screenings" next year as