Essential question

Why do teens try and seek help after they've attempted suicide rather than before?

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Notes

· More than 32,000 Americans die by suicide each year.
· There is a suicide every 16 minutes and 89 suicides per day
· 3rd leading cause of deaths for young American ages 10-24
· Unplanned pregnancy leads to suicide

· In 2004 it was accounted for 32,439 deaths
· 4 men are four times more than women to die by suicide
· Guns are the most commonly used method for committing suicide
· Suicide was the fourth leading cause in 10-14 year olds
· Suicide takes the lives of nearly 30,000 Americans
· Suicide are among leading causes of hospital admission
Sources
http://www.spanusa.org/
http://www.spanusa.org/
http://www.spanusa.org/
http://www.healthminds.org/
http://www.healthminds.org/
http://www.phsycentral.com/
http://www.phsycentral.com/
http://www.save.org/
http://www.mentalhealth.gov/

Foundation Questions

1.)What leads teens to suicide?
2.)Why don't they try to talk to people about their problems?
3.)What is the ratio of teen male and female suicides?
4.)What are the main causes to suicide?
5.)Is there another solution other than counseling?
6.)How do families deal with the loss, or the attempt?
7.)What are signs of suicide thoughts?
8.)What are parents doing to prevent this from happening to their child?
9.)When there is an attempt of suicide what do they do?
10.)When they don't succeed in suicide do they search for help?

My opIn!0n

A.) I really didn't hear much about grad project accept that its hard when you try and wait for the last minute. Also when you get in front of the panel it hard when you don't have any confidence in yourself or project. I think doing a grad project will be fun and challenging for me. I struggle to use my time wisely, but knowing that I can choose my own topic is helpful. I don't know anyone who has done this project.
B.) I wanted to do my project on suicide but then after talking to a few people I changed my mind. Now i would like to do it on teen pregnancy. It's a good, fun, easy topic to talk about. i could take part in this by asking one of my fellow class member questions or family members.
C.) Some concerns that I have on my project are will the panel think my subject was boring?, will I finish in time?, Will i finish everything on time?. I don't have many concerns but i think i'm going to do well.