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IDEALISM AND REALISM

WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?

SUICIDE IN AMERICAMr. Richard GeibAugust 19, 2015

CONTEMPLATING ENDING IT ALL

The way out or Suicidal ideation George Grie2007

AMERICAN SUICIDE BY THE NUMBERS 2005 CDC Statistics: Number of deaths: 32,637 Deaths per 100,000 population: 11.0Currently there are slightly more than 30,000 suicides annually (83 suicides per day; or 1 suicide every 17 minutes),

Rates of suicide are highest in the western regions with the Mountain States highest. Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death in USA. Males complete suicide at a rate four times that of females. Firearms are currently the most often utilized method of suicide by essentially all groups (males, females, young, old, white, and non-white). Suicide rates have traditionally decreased in times of war and increased in times of economic crisis. Yet most in these high risk categories never even attempt suicide how meaningful are these statistics?

White male adolescents from divorced families at elevated risk!

Approximately twice as many suicides as homicides!

CONTEMPLATING ENDING IT ALL

CONTEMPLATING ENDING IT ALL

CONTEMPLATING ENDING IT ALL

SUICIDE IN AMERICAN SOCIETYThe vast majority of the time, it is the result of personal distress, not a matter of politics or honor.GENERALLY TWO TYPES OF SUICIDE: The unplanned and extemporaneous The result of chronic depression and often multiple attempts

SUICIDE IN A RASH MOMENT! "No wish to die. [I was] One of the best of sports, which they all knew. Not in the wrong, the boys will tell you. This bastard at Palmer's Green has sneaked my wife, one of the best in the world; my wife, the first love in the world." -- Anonymous

Shooting oneself or jumping off a bridge.

REPEAT OFFENDERS: THE MENTALLY ILLFACT: 90% of all completers display some form of diagnosable mental disorders: Even with greatly expanded mental health services, suicide rate is unaffectedSuicide rate has not budged since 1965!

Suicide hotlines A bevy of antidepressant medications

MENTAL ILLNESS AND DESPAIR diagnosed with a mental illness.

bipolar

UNSUCCESSFUL TREATMENTThe pain to loved ones, the preciousness of life, the opportunities thrown away

STATES OF MIND

Is there such a clearly definable line between a diagnosed mentally ill and those who are healthy?

mentally illmentally healthyAt what point do we fail to take someone seriously as having made a decision in sound mind to end ones own sovereign life?

To what extent are we all mentally ill at certain times and stages of our lives?


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