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Thesis
Suicide Risks in Adolescents
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
12/2001
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3935
Abstract
In the United States approximately 30,000 people a year commit suicide. The prevalence of suicide attempts by young adults has tripled during the past 25 years, and suicide is the third leading cause ofdeath for people 15 to 24 years of age. Suicide exacts a tremendous personal and financial loss for family members as well as for society. In addition to the loss of contributions of the victims, surviving relatives and friends often carry a lifelong burden of self-doubt, guilt, or feelings of responsibility. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on risks associated with an adolescent suicide. The paper explores the relation between substance use, lack of support, hopelessness, psychiatric illnesses, sexual orientation, physical and sexual abuse, family history of suicide, cultural and gender risk factors associated with suicidal behavior in youth, and determination of suicidal adolescents. Caregivers, therapists, and health providers need to have adequate knowledge to act in the prevention of the suicidal behavior. Consequently, the information provided by this paper may help health care professionals to achieve the highest standards of assessment in their practice and better serve and protect adolescents.
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- Title
- Suicide Risks in Adolescents
- Creators
- Tatiana Ponomarenko
- Contributors
- Merry Armstrong (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590730201842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis