Teen suicide

TEEN SUICIDE

The purpose of this paper is to explain the causes of teen suicide. This paper will include statistics and some background information on suicide survivors. Also this report will discuss some warning signs of teen suicide.
It is important to take the subject of suicide seriously. It doesn't seem right that a teenager, who has lived for such a short time, would choose to die, but those who can not get over their depression sometimes do. Teen suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people aged fifteen to twenty four and the fourth leading cause of death for persons between the ages of ten and fourteen and it seems to be on the rise. Only accidental deaths and homicide follow it. Some experts believe that many "accidental" deaths are actually suicides. 5
According to a 1991 Centre for Disease Control and Prevention 2 study, twenty seven percent of high school students thought about suicide, sixteen percent had a plan and eight percent made ...