Teen Depression and Suicide

Today depression is a major problem in the youth world. It has been neglected many times and is often hidden by others. In the past decade, youth suicide rate has increased by more than 200%. Recent studies have shown that young people over 20% of the general population suffer from mental problems and 30% of young people participating in psychiatric treatment are suffering from depression. Mr. Maurice Blackman MB of FRCPC says: "Most adolescent depression is well managed by the primary care physician with the help of the family."

Depression and suicide rates in adolescence are rising rapidly since 2011, which is the first year in which youth suicide rate is higher than adolescent homicide rate. Researchers discovered that cell phones have this connection and teenagers spend more than 3 hours a day on devices with a 35% risk of suicide. "There is no exception", Twenger wrote. "All screen activities are related to less happiness, and all non-screen activities are related to more happiness." Some of them may be due to screening opportunity costs. I know that friendship between people makes us happy. As Twenty wrote, these devices have changed the meaning of adolescence. For example, in the baby-boomer generation and the X generation, 85% of people participate in the reservation. In the case of iGen, it is only 56%. The high school graduates in 2015 are actually fewer than the 8th grade students in 2009.

In a short period of 5 years from 2010 to 2015, in a large scale survey nationwide, teenagers in the United States felt useless and fearless - the typical symptoms of depression - It increased by 33%. Youth suicide attempts increased by 23%. Even more uneasy is that the number of suicides between the ages of 13 and 18 has increased by 31%. In a new paper published in clinical psychology, my colleagues and I discovered that depression, attempted suicide, increased suicide occurred among young people with all backgrounds. More privileges and fewer privileges in the race. It is a country. Overall, according to our analysis, what I call "iGen" is children born after 1995 and that it is easy to cause mental health problems from the 1000s.

Most suicide attempts and suicides occur in adolescents with depression. Let's consider these statistics about teen suicide and adolescent depression. Approximately 1% of adolescents attempt suicide and about 1% of attempts to commit suicide lead to death (that is, one young man in 10,000 will die of suicide). However, in youth with depression, the incidence of suicidal thinking and behavior is much higher. Most teenagers with depression are considering suicide and believe that 15% to 30% of teenagers with severe depression will continue suicide.