Running head: AFRICAN- AMERICAN ADOLESCENT MALES AND SUICIDE 1 An Exploration of the African- American Adolescent Male and Suicide Tonya V. Fentress Norfolk State University Author Note Tonya V. Fentress‚ Department of Interdisciplinary Studies‚ Norfolk State University. Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Tonya V. Fentress‚ Department of Interdisciplinary Studies‚ Norfolk State University‚ 700 Park Avenue‚ Norfolk‚ VA 23504.EMail: t.l.valentine@spartans.nsu
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Suicides among teenagers are continuing to be a major problem. Every Year in the United States thousands of teenagers take away their lives. One in every twelve teenagers attempts to commit suicide annually. Suicide has now unfortunately become the third primary cause of death for fifteen to twenty four year olds. Teenagers may encounter strong feels of stress‚ confusion‚ pressure to succeed‚ and many other internal conflicts while in their childhood years. Some of the simplest things‚ such as breaking
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In this day‚ people especially adolescent and adults have to face a various economic and social problems in their life. Because of this‚ they became stressed even the problem is not the bigger as they expects. As we know‚ adolescent have to deal with many situations and challenges which provoke a lot of concern and worry. These moment can gives teens the motivation to do their best‚ but sometimes they can have a harmful effect on people mentally and physically. In a more informal survey of
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Charvi Patel April 7th‚ 2010 Obesity among Children and Adolescents Obesity has been a controversial issue for years. Childhood obesity is already an epidemic in some areas and is on the rise in others. Although rare in the past‚ obesity is now amongst some of the most widespread issues affecting our children and adolescents living in the United States today. Childhood obesity is harmful to not only the child’s present lifestyle but it also affects the child’s future. Obesity in children is
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Adolesent Suicide The main killer among teens is not drugs or murder. It’s self-inflicted. Self inflicted murder to themselves also known as suicide. The rates among teen suicide are rising at a steady rate. Girls attempt sucide twice as much as boys and comtemplate it. Girls attempt it by cutting themselves or overdosing on over the counter drugs. Boys die from suicide though about four times more than girls. The reasoning behind this is using more lethal ways. They either jump off heights or
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Adolescent Depression‚ Anti-Depressants and Suicide The New York Times states that‚ “Adolescent depression is a disorder that occurs during the teenage years‚ and involves persistent sadness‚ discouragement‚ loss of self-worth‚ and loss of interest in usual activities‚ ("Adolescent depression‚" 2010‚ p 1/para. 1). This has become the newest epidemic sweeping across the nation‚ not only affecting teens but hindering children as well. In fact‚ surveys have shown that‚ one in every five adolescents
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ENG 121 Feb 6th‚ 2011 Suicides among Border Patrol Illegal immigrants have always been a great issue for many countries in the world. The US is one of those countries that put a lot of effort to prevent illegal entry of those immigrants. There were nearly one million illegal immigrants that entered the US in 2010. To reduce that great number‚ the government and in particular the border patrol agents have already put lots of exertion to the action. Working in the rank of the border
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Study on Adolescent Suicide Ideation in South Korea Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies SooYoun Zong sooyoun961213@gmail.com I. Introduction What is the most effective way to prevent adolescent suicide? What are the significant and urgent topics that must be studied to prevent adolescent suicide? One of the causes for adolescents’ mortality in Korea for the last 8 years was suicide‚ which has been on the top ranking for their death causes (NSO‚ 2012). Adolescent suicide is a negative
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Chyril Lou T. Caiña February 6‚ 2013 BSAC-I-ACA 9:21AM Area Exposure I interviewed a woman whose age is 43‚ single‚ from Isla Puntod Balulang. She survived the Sendong tragedy with the help of God as well as other people around her. She has many relatives as well as cousins who survived
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Education Master ’s Theses Counselor Education 1-1-2007 The Effects of Group Counseling on Adolescent Stress Melissa I. Kurlan The College at Brockport Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/edc_theses Part of the Student Counseling and Personnel Services Commons Recommended Citation Kurlan‚ Melissa I.‚ "The Effects of Group Counseling on Adolescent Stress" (2007). Counselor Education Master ’s Theses. Paper 63. This Thesis is brought to you for
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