14. SUICIDE ۱
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1. Every 90 minutes a teenager or young adult is successful in killing himself or herself.
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2. In Hong Kong, there are signicficantly more female suicide attempters than males, especially in the group aged 10-19, which has a male-to-female ratio of suicide rates of 1:11.
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3. I could not understand why a youngster with a precious and wonderful life should choose to end his or her life by jumping from a high-rise building or taking an overdose of sleeping pills or painkillers.
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4. People often turn to suicide because they are seeking relief from pain.
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5. Most suicidal people are not psychotic or insane.
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6. The suicide rate in Hong Kong increases with age.
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7. Suicide is uncommon in children under the age of 10 but its incidence increases after the onest of puberty and peaks at young adulthood.
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8. Suicide is a serious public health problem.
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9. Suicide has profound impact on family members and the youth's peers.
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10. Suicidal feelings are traumatic.  After they subside, you need to continue caring for yourself.
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11. Suicidal pain is not something most people can bear.  People in suicidal crises feel that they are at the breaking point of what they can cope with.
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12. A difficult, scary or threatening situation can cause so much distress that they start to think about killing themselves.
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13. Social changes that might be related to the rise in adolescent suicide include an increased incidence of childhood depression and decreased family stability.
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14. Important risk factors for attempted suicide in youth are depression, alcohol or other drug use disorder, and aggressive or disruptive behaviors.
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15. Please remember - Depression, plus alcohol or drug use can be lethal.  There is an increased risk for suicide because alcohol and/or drugs decrease judgment and increase impulsiveness.
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16. Almost everyone who commits or attempts suicide has given some clue or warning.  Do not ignore suicide threats.
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17. Act immediately if you feel someone is at imminent risk of attempting suicide.  Involve others who can help, and if necessary make contact with the police, emergency services, or a hospital to ensure the person's safety.
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18. Many completed suicides are well planned with the youths intending to kill themselves.
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19. Recent stressful events can trigger suicidal behavior, particularly in an impulsive youth.
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20. If a student does commit suicide, his/her friends will feel a tremendous burden of guilt and failure.  Ideally, a teenage friend should listen to the suicidal youth in an empathic way, but then insist on getting the youth immediate adult help.
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21. Suicide prevention often involves education.  This may be done in a health class, by the school nurse, school psychologist, guidance counselor or outside speakers.
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22. Too often, we blame the victim and stigmatize the surviving family members and friends.  These reactions add to the survivors' burden of hurt and intensify their isolation.
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23. Appropriately broaden the public's awareness of suicide is a good way to prevent teenage suicide.
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24. Use information technology appropriately to make facts about suicide and prevention approaches available to the public and to health care providers.
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25. Develop and implement safe and effective programmes for youth that address adolescent distress and provide crisis intervention.
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26. Cultural and religious beliefs discourage suicide and support self-preservation instincts.
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27. Although kids thinking about suicide are not likely to seek help, they do show warning signs to their friends, classmates, parents or trusted school personnel.
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28. Never keep secret a friend's suicidal plans or thoughts.  You cannot promise that you will not tell - you have to tell to save your friend.
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29. Talk to your parent, your friend's parent, your school's psychologist or counselor -- a trusted adult.  And don't wait!
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GLOSSARY - SUICIDE

end one's life ۱

overdose AιLqĪ

insane o

traumatic ˵h

at the breaking point of what they can cope with L

attempted suicide Ϧ۱

lethal iPR

intend to 

trigger ޵o

stigmatize d

self-preservation instinct ۧګOsѩ
