1. Teen Suicide
Q: How bad has teen suicide
gotten in the last ten years

2. -Intro-
• Many families a year are effected by
suicide. Weather its some one in the
family, a friend, or even someone you
didn’t know. In this project I will teach
people about suicide and what the effects
are.

3. • The suicide rate has gone up
more than 100% for people
10-14

4. A teen who is thinking about
suicide may:
• Talk about suicide or death in general.
• Talk about “going away”
• Pull away from things or people.
• Loose the desire to take part in things or
activities.
• Have trouble concentrating of thinking clearly.
• Experience changes in eating or drinking
• Depression

5. -Myths or facts-
• Myth- people who talk about killing
themselves, rarely do.
• Fact- Most people who commit suicide
have given some verbal clues or warnings
of there intention.
• Fact-Many teens who cut themselves, get
addicted to it.

6. -Location-
• Every country in the world is effected by
some form of suicide

7. -Stats-
• Canada is has the third larges suicide rate
among teens. Females are 9 times more
likely to attempt suicide than guys. But
most of the time guys are more successful
than girls. In the next 24 hours 1,439
teens will attempt suicide. Suicide is the
third leading cause of death for
people10-15.

8. Which teens are most likely to
attempt suicide
- Those who have had a major change in there life, like
parents divorcing, a move to another city or school, etc
- Those who have problems with school or the law.
- Those who have had trouble with a girlfriend or
boyfriend.
- Those who suffer from depression
- Young woman who are pregnant

9. How to tell if someone thinks about
it
• Have they been sad or unhappy?
• Do they feel hopeless or that things will
never get better?
• Do they have thoughts of death?
• Lack of appetite.
• Inability to sleep or to much sleep.

10. What to know about depression
• Depression is not the same as feeling
“blue”
• Being depressed does not mean they are
crazy
• Clinical depression is the worst kind

11. Solution
I think to help prevent teen suicide the government
should have more counselors and principles of
schools should do better at watching for bullying.
I think they should also raise money to help
people who have had a teen commit suicide.

12. Sources
• http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/patientcare/health
• http://teens.webmd.com/preventing-teen-suicid
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_suicide