Teenage Suicide Research Paper

BACKGROUND

Teenagers choose suicide for many reasons, including depression, drug abuse, family problems, low self-esteem, suicide pacts, or combinations of these and other problems. Professionals and peer counselors who work with adolescents research the topic of teenage suicide in an attempt to understand the causes and to seek solutions to this tragedy.

BROWSE FOR BOOKS ON THE SHELF USING THESE CALL NUMBERS

362.2–362.28

616.85–616.8584

179.7

LOOK UNDER THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS IN THE CATALOG (CARD OR COMPUTER)

Suicide

Suicide—In adolescence

Youth—Suicidal behavior

REFERENCE MATERIALS THAT MAY HELP (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

Corsini, Raymond J. Encyclopedia of Psychology, 1994.

CQ Researcher, June 14, 1991.

Evans, Glen, and Norman L. Farberow. The Encyclopedia of Suicide, 1988.

Facts on File

Kastenbaum, Robert, and Beatrice Kastenbaum, eds. The Encyclopedia of Death, 1993.

PERIODICAL INDEXES TO SEARCH (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

EBSCO Magazine Article Summaries

InfoTrac

NewsBank and other newspaper indexes

Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature

SIRS (Social Issues Resources Series)

WILSONDISC

ONLINE DATABASES TO SEARCH

America Online

CompuServe

Dialog
Internet

Prodigy

KEY WORDS AND DESCRIPTORS FOR PERIODICAL INDEX AND ONLINE SEARCHES

Suicide

Teenage suicide

Teenage suicide prevention

Teenagers—psychology and mental health

VIDEOTAPES ON THIS TOPIC

Teenage Depression and Suicide. Schlessinger Video Productions, 1991.

Teenage Suicide. NPI Video, 1987.

Teen Suicides, Why? PBS Video, 1991.

FICTION BOOKS RELATING TO TOPIC

Crutcher, Chris. Chinese Handcuffs, 1989.

Lemieux, A.C. The TV Guidance Counselor, 1993.

Dragonwagon, Crescent. The Year It Rained, 1985.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTACT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Youth Suicide Prevention, 11 Parkman Way, Needham, MA 02192-2863.

Youth Suicide National Center, 445 Virginia Ave., San Mateo, CA 94402.

SUGGESTIONS FOR NARROWING THIS TOPIC

Analyze some of the causes of suicidal behavior among teenagers.

Discuss the moral and ethical aspects of teenage suicide.

How do suicide hotlines operate?

Investigate the legal aspects of suicide.

SUGGESTIONS FOR RELATED TOPICS

Adolescent psychology

Depression in teenagers

Rock music lyrics

Right to die

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