Create a 6 page essay paper that discusses Teen Suicide.Download file to see previous pages... If a teenager commits a suicide, he/she most probably has a reason for doing so. Several studies have fou

Create a 6 page essay paper that discusses Teen Suicide.

If a teenager commits a suicide, he/she most probably has a reason for doing so. Several studies have found that in at least 90 per cent of the cases of teen suicide, the teenagers suffer from some kind of mental disorder, which may include behavior problem, depression and anxiety, and drug abuse (“Teen Suicide, Mood”). The suicidal behavior in a teenager can be defined as the preoccupation of the teenager with an internal force to take his/her life voluntarily. The definition of suicide is incomplete without the personal consent of the individual who is committing it. The term used for the thoughts that cause a teenager to commit the suicide is “suicidal ideation”. On the other hand, the term “suicidal attempt” is used when a teenager attempts to take his/her life but remains unsuccessful in getting through. This paper discusses the risk factors and triggers for the disorder that cause a teenager to attempt suicide along with a discussion of the mood swings in such teenagers and the treatment options available for them. Most of the teenagers who attempt or want to attempt suicide suffer from a mood disorder which is generally known as the “bipolar disorder”. ...

“Teens with bipolar disorder, also called manic depression, may change between mania (angry or very happy), depression (sad or crabby), and euthymia (normal mood). Some teens have more mania, some have more depression, and some seem normal much of the time” (“Teen Suicide, Mood”). Sometimes, both depression and mania occur simultaneously, thus resulting into a mixed state. Causes of the bipolar disorder are not accurately known to date. There are numerous kinds of genetic, environmental and neurochemical risk factors that interact with one another at different levels, thus causing the bipolar disorder condition to result. Bipolar disorder is generally familial and may be transferred from one generation to another genetically. An individual who suffers from the bipolar disorder assumes anywhere between 15 and 25 per cent likelihood of transferring it to his/her children (Bressert). In the case where an individual whose non-identical twin suffers from the bipolar disorder, there is 25 per cent chance that the individual would also acquire this disorder which is the same percentage of risk if the bipolar disorder is found in both of the parents. There is a general consensus among the researchers that bipolar disorder happens in a particular section of the brain as a result of the malfunctioning of the neurotransmitters (Bressert). Since it is a biological disorder, this part of the brain may spontaneously be activated or lie dormant, but generally it is activated by stressors. “[I]n those with bipolar disorder, two major areas of the brain contain 30 percent more cells that send signals to other brain cells” (Read).