Suicide Speech Outline
Title / Topic
Teen suicide and public awareness.
Specific Purpose
My purpose in speaking today is to inform my audience of the increasing teen suicide rates and bring awareness to the issue by supporting the work of the La Crosse Area Suicide Prevention Initiative through
Central Idea
Suicide is an increasing matter among many teens and young adults in the United States, but awareness through many organizations, including the La Crosse Area Suicide Prevention Initiative, is showing those in need that there are people willing to help and support them through their hard times.
Bibliography
Clemmit, M. (2009, June 26). Treating depression. Retrieved from http://libweb.uwlax.edu:2118/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2009062600&type=hitlist&num=1 …show more content…
I will be sharing with you information from the World Health Organization as well as articles provided through Murphy Library. I have had first-hand experience with the loss of two close friends to suicide within a year and a half and with the pain I’ve experienced I’ve felt the need to do research on the topic to bring greater awareness to the community.
Transition: Let’s begin by looking at statistics to show that there are real distresses among teen suicide rates that need awareness brought upon them.
II. Need
Teenage suicide is a large problem within our community that needs to be addressed before the continuously growing rate becomes more prominent.
A. Suicide is relevant among all different backgrounds.
1. Self-inflicted deaths happen in all social, ethnic, and economic classes.
a. Many people believe that adolescents who are successful are less likely to attempt a suicide.
b. “Adolescents who have all the ‘right’ friends and are academically and athletically successful kill themselves, as do youths who come from divided families, having few friends and are failing in school related …show more content…
Most families and friends blame themselves for the person 's suicide, even if it 's not their fault. They kick themselves for not seeing the signs and talking to the person about it.
2. This issue is important to me because after losing two close friends to suicide I feel that awareness needs to be brought out and spread throughout today’s students. Nobody can fathom how it feels, and shouldn’t, to lose a best friend in such a way, until you’re actually put in that situation.
III. Satisfaction The La Crosse Area Suicide Prevention Initiative provides help to those that are in need, as well as their families.
A. The group 's mission is to increase public awareness that suicide is a problem in our area, and that it is preventable public health problem.
1. The LAX Area Suicide Prevention has multiple support groups for those who need help, as well as the families to those in need.
2. These groups include; caring by sharing, depressed anonymous , emotional anonymous, RAVE (Path to wholeness), support group for families of persons for mental illness, survivors of suicide, southwest family ties, as well as women’s supporting
Teen suicide and public awareness.
Specific Purpose
My purpose in speaking today is to inform my audience of the increasing teen suicide rates and bring awareness to the issue by supporting the work of the La Crosse Area Suicide Prevention Initiative through
Central Idea
Suicide is an increasing matter among many teens and young adults in the United States, but awareness through many organizations, including the La Crosse Area Suicide Prevention Initiative, is showing those in need that there are people willing to help and support them through their hard times.
Bibliography
Clemmit, M. (2009, June 26). Treating depression. Retrieved from http://libweb.uwlax.edu:2118/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2009062600&type=hitlist&num=1 …show more content…
I will be sharing with you information from the World Health Organization as well as articles provided through Murphy Library. I have had first-hand experience with the loss of two close friends to suicide within a year and a half and with the pain I’ve experienced I’ve felt the need to do research on the topic to bring greater awareness to the community.
Transition: Let’s begin by looking at statistics to show that there are real distresses among teen suicide rates that need awareness brought upon them.
II. Need
Teenage suicide is a large problem within our community that needs to be addressed before the continuously growing rate becomes more prominent.
A. Suicide is relevant among all different backgrounds.
1. Self-inflicted deaths happen in all social, ethnic, and economic classes.
a. Many people believe that adolescents who are successful are less likely to attempt a suicide.
b. “Adolescents who have all the ‘right’ friends and are academically and athletically successful kill themselves, as do youths who come from divided families, having few friends and are failing in school related …show more content…
Most families and friends blame themselves for the person 's suicide, even if it 's not their fault. They kick themselves for not seeing the signs and talking to the person about it.
2. This issue is important to me because after losing two close friends to suicide I feel that awareness needs to be brought out and spread throughout today’s students. Nobody can fathom how it feels, and shouldn’t, to lose a best friend in such a way, until you’re actually put in that situation.
III. Satisfaction The La Crosse Area Suicide Prevention Initiative provides help to those that are in need, as well as their families.
A. The group 's mission is to increase public awareness that suicide is a problem in our area, and that it is preventable public health problem.
1. The LAX Area Suicide Prevention has multiple support groups for those who need help, as well as the families to those in need.
2. These groups include; caring by sharing, depressed anonymous , emotional anonymous, RAVE (Path to wholeness), support group for families of persons for mental illness, survivors of suicide, southwest family ties, as well as women’s supporting