Teen Suicide Prevention Program

: TEEN SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM (NAME (COURSE NAME (INSTITUTIONS NAME

25th MARCH 2009

Mental health professionals have described suicide as depression that leads to the purposeful taking up of ones life . This means that it is a severe frame of mind dis which with time affects the way a person thinks , behaves and acts . Hope disappears and becomes a memory which welcomes suicide that appears to be probable choice . Suicide is meant to bring to an end a person 's emotional suffering immediately through ending his or her life (Achilles , Gray and Moskos

, 2004

Suicide is a complex trend . It is a product of the complex relations of genetic , sociological , cultural and also environmental factors . It has attracted the attention of many stakeholders such as the philosophers physicians and sociologists over a long period of time among others . It is a serious problem that affects most of our teenagers especially in the school . It demands the great attention of the teachers in schools colleges and campuses (Beautrais , 2005 . There is need to prevent recognize and control this habit which has claimed numerous lives of teenagers which to a point involves a great series of activities Prevention of teenage suicide is a practicable process though it needs sacrifice to save a life . Therefore it is proper to disseminate information that will help these teenagers to avoid attempting suicides (Smith , 2007

According to research carried out by WHO , it is recorded that in the year 2000 , approximately one million people died from...