Teen_Sucide

The Scary Truth About Teen Suicide The research study that I chose to analyze is about teen suicide along with reasoning behind it and prevention. This was a case study that involved three specific individuals with different outcomes: Anna Smith (16), Rebecca Cuba, and Abby Oakley (19). Anna Smith was only 16 when she broke into the gun cabinet and decided to take her life. Although her sudden death came as a shock to everyone around her because no one noticed any signs; psychiatrist such as Herbert Mendell claim that even though suicide can be impulsive decision it is usually a years build up of low self esteem or feeling helpless and hopeless. In case of Rebecca Cuba, she attempted to take her life by swallowing number of pills only to be discovered by her brother Blake who alerted her parents and she was rushed to the hospital. Luckily Rebecca did not die, but her decision to attempt to take her life was result of gradual build up stress and rejection. In high school Rebecca was a star athlete of multiple sports but her her decision to befriend peers who were seen as unpopular did not go overly well with her popular friends and quickly Rebecca began to be made fun of a well as rejected. Rebecca's problems did not end there at home her family was going to financial problems due to her fathers loss of job. She had no other choice but to take up a job in order to help out financially, but it was the drowning of her her close friend that really started the suicidal thoughts, thinking that her family would be better of without her. Even though not much is known about why Anna decided to take her life but we can defiantly be sure that just like in case of Rebecca, many of teen problems are seen as hysterical and their calls out for help to go unnoticed. Research also suggests that victim’s loved ones which are referred to as survivors of suicide are at high risk of suicide themselves. This is what brought the third case to the to the eyes of researchers, the case of Abby Oakley. After Abby left for her freshman year of collage he father committed suicide, she was only 19. She was left with number of emotions ranging from sadness to anger as wellas relief. It would be extremely difficult for anyone to deal with such difficult circumstance but what made it even tougher for Abby is she has been battling with depression since age of 13. Just as she has done from very young age Abby sought help from the councilor, there she learned appropriate cope mechanism so she could get through the tough circumstance that she was left in. There is few big keys that can be taken from this research. First for-most suicide is never an sudden event, most often it years of build up of stress as well as negative feelingd toward ones self. These signs may easily go unnoticed so greater attention and communication has to be established with teens to help them cope with these negative emotions. We also know that girls are more likely to attempt suicide because of their ability to fee pain when things fall apart because they have stronger relationships. Teen problems should never be viewed as hysterical and should always be taken seriously because when teens are ignored they resort to drastic actions to grab our attention and suicide can be a result. Bibliography Hainer, Michelle. "THE SCARY TRUTH ABOUT SUICIDE." Teen People 8.7 (2005): 162-65. Print. http://webmail.mobap.edu:2081/ehost/detail'vid=4&hid=123&sid=f9266652-7616-4d14-8e20-c66be22ea855%40sessionmgr114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=f5h&AN=19510027