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MarilynFaye — Another Suicide.
Published: 2006-09-16 04:08:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 2768; Favourites: 52; Downloads: 0
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Each year in the U.S., approximately 2 million U.S. adolescents attempt suicide, and almost 700,000 receive medical attention for their attempt (AACAP, 2001). According to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, in 2001, 2.6% of students reported making a suicide attempt that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse. With respect to suicide, it is estimated that each year in the U.S., approximately 2,000 youth aged 10 – 19 complete suicide. In 2000, suicide was the 3rd leading cause of death among young people aged 15 to 24 years of age, following unintentional injuries and homicide (CDC Wonder).Someone please make it stop. >.<
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Very sad but very true. Its been a problem for a while now and it almost seems like it wont stop. However, the good news is that people are getting help for it and are now ACKNOWLEDGING that this is a possibility. 
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Agreed. It's not shoved under the rug nearly as much as it once was, but there's still much progress to be made.
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I hope you like it (and don't forget to 
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That is a bit of a strong message. It "speaks" for itself. It is true: there's a lot of suicide- too much actually, and the piece shows that. Nice job (in a positive sense, not the mean, sarcastic way).
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Thank you very much.
I've been affected by some of it and I wish more people would take an interest in stopping it, especially in high schools. I don't think they do enough to help.
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I'm sorry to hear that... I'd help, believe me, but I just don't think I'd know what exactly to say or how to help. Plus, if I tried to help but failed, I would feel so terrible about it. It'd be as if I killed someone.
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Oh yeah, I know what you mean. I just felt like my high school administrators where really indifferent about it. They didn't even put a memorial page in the yearbook for everyone we lost those years. I just thought it was terrible for them to be that way.
Also, we had like four kids die in a car crash one year [before I even got in high school] and they kept bringing the parents back to encourage kids to be safe and make good choices but they never had anything like that about suicide or depression.
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Well that's stupid. Not one dedication page or anything? That's really inconsiderate of them not to even say "In honor of so-and-so who tragically committed suicide..." and everything. Did anybody say anything?
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Nope, they had one announcement the day it happened and they had our counselors available to talk (but they weren't really guidance counselors they were more like...people to help you pick out classes and figure out college stuff).
Anyone, not one page. I mean there were other kids too it wouldn't have to be a whole page for one kid.
I think their supposed reasoning is that it "promotes suicide" or something.
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Strong message and image. Clever concept and powerful!
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