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Suicide
Nadiah Tucker
4/24/2013

Mr.Ocran

Table of Contents
First Cause: Page 1
Second Cause: Page 1
First Solution: Page 1
Second Solution: Page 1
Government Action: Page 2-3
Economic Impact: Page 3
Second Economic: Page 3
Impact: Page 3
Statistic: Page 3-4
Facts: Page 4
History: Page 4 Laws & Religion: Page 4-5
My Opinion: Page 5-6

The definition of suicide is when a person who intentionally takes his or her own life. To do something intentionally is to do it on purpose, to mean to do it. (1)
First Cause: When something is gravely wrong in a person’s life. As of anything bad that’s going on or something they can’t handle. For example financial problems, family problems, self-problems, and school problems. (2)
Second Cause: Someone that have a mental or emotional disorder. Suicide victims suffer from major depression or bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder. Manic-depressive order is a bipolar affective disorder, or mood disorder, characterized by dramatic mood swings. (2)
First Solution: Suicide victims visit a doctor in the four months before their deaths, and half in the month before. Mainly because most older persons who are suicidal visit their primary care physician in the mouth before killing themselves, with nearly, 40 percent making that visit in the week before committing suicide. One explanation given is that doctors may not associate an older person’s behavior with depression. In older patients, the classic symptoms of sadness and withdrawal are frequently replaced with irritability or apathy. (2) (3)
Second Solution: giving a suicidal person the opportunity to express his or her feelings can provide relief from loneliness and pent-up negative feelings, and may prevent a suicide attempt. The person that wanted to commit suicide let their feelings out and actually had somebody there to listen so it too the thought of suicide away. (http://school.nettrekker.com)
Government Action: A new consultation on preventing suicide has

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