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Dear Mom and Dad, lectricity.
“I’ve thought it over carefullyanllBy electric
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want all of the feelings to stop, it electrical
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That suicide note from agirl, 16,i: Rve amps, c;
in a report by psychiatrists at tit actandrela
University of Durisville Schoold M50 time
Medicine in Kentucky.
The report is not in a median oltage.
journal. Rather, it is in Today:[
Education, journal of the Nationd]
E ducatioi i A s sociation.
DR. JOHN J. Schwab and ij
sociates aim their words on suiddj
at teachers for a sad reason:
“Depression and suicide amon;|
American youth have becomei
sive health and social problemstlil
are reaching epidemic proportion!,
“Suicide is the third most com
mon cause of death (after accidenli Ipera and F
and homicides) in young people It- ill include
tween the ages of 15 and 24. Ead
year more than 4,(X)0 persons inlliil
age group kill themselves.” ■torium at ’
The actual number is higher. Ritiicket inforn
to social and family pressures, manyllemorial S
suicides go down as accidenlall ce -
deaths. I Julian Bre
H933, is the
AUTHORITIES estimate tlil| s ta n d boo
the annual rate of suicide
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teen-agers 15 to 19 has more
tripled since 1954
Educators working with teenag
ers often are among the first to sjx<| 0ll Q f
the symptoms of depression anllegjf, ^ ^
other indicators of possible suidi||( a ( es an( j ^
“Teachers should trust their owl e [, as r(i( ^
feelings in assessing a potentiiill]| pan Al “
suicidal young person,” tkiT
psychiatrists said.
“Often gut reactions are the moil
sensitive yardstick. Teachers my
have an uneasy feeling that a chil
might hurt himself or herself.”
Teachers can discuss these fed
ings with the young person and on
actively assist the student in findia
The first sign might he marked, | e ^ a y' n 6
behavior changes. Some examples.
— An outgoing child or an ol
noxious child suddenly become!
quiet, sullen and withdrawn.
— A hostile child suddenly be
comes overly-solicitous and
tiating toward the
peers.
— A quiet child becomes ve TI' tar , lu
active and restless or perhaps bef P^d t
comes the clown. Clownish beU’*" e T<
havior may he a mask for underlying! i
depression and helplessness.
—A child gradually becomes pre-
occupied with ideas and thoughts
of death. He or she may say,
“Oh, I don’t care. I won t bt
around anyway to find out what
happens.’’ Or, “I would like to sleep ^year, t
lorever and never get up. Or,
“Who cares for a tomorrow? There
won’t be a tomorrow. Or, "Some
times I would just like to takeagnn
and blow off my head ... but fin
only joking.’’
The psychiatrists asked teachers
to remember that suicidal youths
frequently are grieving over a loss:
loss of human contact, loss of love,
loss of face or loss of ideals.
tocrej
l nil
teacher aiifl
Ins killed (
“MATERIAL things cannot com
pensate for this feeling of loss,’’they
said. “Only a relationship with
another human being Can remedy
the feeling to some extent.”
The psychiatrists said parents
often deny the problem or sweep
the storm warnings under the rug.
In keeping a suicide watch in the
schools, teachers were urged tore-
member:
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x ‘idents se
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— It’s simply not true that those
who threaten to commit suicide
won’t. The majority of those who
commit suicide do so on the first
attempt and may have talked about
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— Fewer adolescent hoys than
girls attempt suicide. But boys are
more likely to succeed in killing
themselves on first try.
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— More suicides occur
spring and early summer.
— Teen-agers most frequently
tend to commit suicide between 3
p.m. and midnight. Most, at home.
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