An alarming truth: teen girls and boys are both at risk for suicide. Though many do not recognize suicide as a serious threat to a teenager’s well being, teen suicide is a major cause of death among American teenagers. According to the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH), about eight out of every 100,000 teenagers […]
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Some people are just too pessimistic about their situation and about life itself. These people have the idea that no matter what they do, no matter what they say, everything would seem to have a negative impact on themselves or to their surroundings. We really do not know what is going on in their minds,
In both urban and rural areas, many more suicide cases do not go unnoticed. Through local papers and the town’s rumor mills, suicide becomes a sad tale and a mystery. Why would people kill themselves? Recent studies have shown the correlation between suicide and serotonin deficiency in the brain. Moreover, the presence of significant stress
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Commonly referred to as an individual’s emotional or psychological well-being, mental health is a term that has no one official definition according to the World Health Organization. Most experts believe that mental health is measured by an individual’s ability to remain capable and competent, handling normal levels of stress, maintaining happy and healthy relationships and
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