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Suicide prevention needs to be talked

When someone who is not yet an adult decides to end his or her own life, this is called youth suicide. In Western societies, there are many people who want to end their lives, and at least try to commit suicide. Suicide is the one of the leading cause of death amongst children, teens and young adults. Suicides attempts are more common among girls than boys. Many girls try, but boys more often succeed in committing suicide. Girls are more likely to use techniques such as overdoses and boys are more likely to try violent means like gunshot or hanging themselves. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, the number of youth suicides nearly tripled. In Australia for example, youth suicides are the leading cause of death in young people between 15 and 25. Only traffic accidents cause more deaths.

Risk factors

Suicide may be linked to many risk factors, including: mental health problems; committing self-harm; pressure from school or university; being bullied; not have lots of friends; poor family environment; pressure to succeed by parents; family deaths; cultural attitudes to suicide; problems with boyfriends or girlfriends; drug abuse; poor physical health and family neglect. The more risk factors a person has or if they go on for a long time add up to a greater chance of suicide.

Warning signs of youth suicide

People thinking about suicide don't often tell others about it and there are not always ways to tell if someone if thinking bout killing themselves. Warning signs include: talking about death or about feeling trapped; withdrawing from talking to family, friends and community leaders such as school teachers and health professionals; increasing drug and alcohol use; doing dangerous things; giving away personal possessions; mental health problems such as hearing voices or seeing things that are not really there. Suicide is often lead by a change in mood or starting to self-harm. It is very important to not ignore the signs of suicidal thoughts. If a person talks to another about suicide it should be taken seriously and it is important to listen to what the suicidal person is saying, and doing.

Getting Help

There are many ways that a person thinking about suicide can get help. Firstly, it is important to talk about their feelings to someone they respect and trust. Just talking to someone else about their feelings can be a great source of help. Encouraging someone to talk to their family doctor or someone at school can be a way of getting help as all doctors and most teachers are trained to help people thinking about suicide. There are also websites either locally in their country or globally that can give advice to people thinking about killing themselves. Some websites are listed below;

Help Just for Kids

See the main article: List of suicide crisis lines

• Canada - Kids Help Phone - Phone:1-800-668-6868, Text:686868, Web:https://kidshelpphone.ca/
• UK - Childline - Phone:0800 1111, Web:https://www.childline.org.uk/
• Australia - Kids Helpline Phone:1800 55 1800, Web:https://kidshelpline.com.au/
• Belarus - For Children Phone:801-100-1611
• Czech Republic - For Children Phone:116 111, Web:https://www.linkabezpeci.cz
• France - Young People (Fil santé jeunes) Phone: 0800 235 236
• Gibralter - Children Phone:8008, Web:https://childline.gi
• Greece - National Helpline for Children Phone:1056, Web:https://www.hamogelo.gr/gr/en/sos-1056/
• Hungary - Blue Line Phone:116-111, Web:https://kek-vonal.hu/
• India - Childline Phone:1098
• Lithuania - Vaikų liniją (Childline) Phone:116 111, Web:https://www.vaikulinija.lt/
• Malaysia - Buddy Bear Phone:03-9779 5550, Web:https://www.humankind.my/buddybear-helpline
• New Zealand - Youth line Phone:0800 376 633, Text 234, Web:https://www.youthline.co.nz/

Cultural indications

Young people in highly developed countries are more likely to kill themselves than in poor or less-economically developed countries. In some cultures suicide is either unknown or mostly unknown. Forest and jungle tribes do not have significant problems with youth suicide and countries with people who are known for general happiness, such as Nepal, have less problems with suicide.