Teenage Suicide Essays

The film It’s Kind of a Funny Story is a coming of age feature, with a highly relatable plotline for teens. It centers around a teenage boy, who struggles with depression and thoughts of suicide. He feels mentally overwhelmed in his life between friends, family and school. One early morning …

The main problems with kids that struggle in school or get in trouble. They have nowhere to go, to get help and keep them in check. This isn’t just some program to help them learn, it’s somewhere they could have fun when school is getting a little too stressful. Kids …

Facebook Live is a live streaming feature that allows users on Facebook to share live videos with over 2 billion users. Since its inception in 2015, violent videos capturing homicide, sexual assault and suicide have been an unwanted consequence of this feature. The question has been raised whether or not …

Mental illness in teenagers is at an all time high with the percentage of youths having major depressive episodes rising from 11.93% to 12.63% in the past year, according to The National Alliance on Mental Illness. Not only has this number risen this past year, but has consistently been on …

Take a minute and think about this. At the top of your head, do you know what the significance of the phone number, “1-800-273-8255” is? I am sure you have seen it on tv commercials, billboards, websites, music videos and people even have the phone number tattooed on their bodies. …

Can you imagine what it feels like to be a teenager in this day and age? How must it feel to be judged by the older generation on your every move? The fact is, many of the expectations that are placed on the youth are biased and one-sided. If only …

The national suicide rate has risen steadily in recent decades, making suicide now one of the leading causes of death among young people, accounting for more than 1 in 6 deaths. Research has found a positive correlation between suicidal media depictions and the threats of suicidal behavior in those at …

Girl Interrupted is a movie directed by James Mangold. Mental illness is a serious issue, that is portrayed in this film. It harps on the struggles of mental illness between teenage women. Susanna Kaysen, an 18 year old teenage girl was instated into a psychiatric center known as Claymoore after …

Thousands of teenagers commit suicide each year, but how many people actually take the time to find out why they took their lives? I wanted to find out why teenagers commit suicide and whether or not their peers could have detected warning signs. According to statistics, suicide is the second …