NAME: Brixean Mae M.

Batac

SECTION: BSN 2-Y1-3

Group your class into 3 and answer the following scenarios.

A. The DOH present some of the latest update in the cases of Filipinos committing suicide as follows:

1. 2011 WHO Global School-Based Health Survey has shown that in the Philippines, 16% of students between
13-15 years old have ever seriously considered attempting suicide while 13% have actually attempted
suicide one or more times during the past year.
2. The incidence of suicide in males increased from 0.23 to 3.59 per 100,000 between 1984 and 2005 while
rates rose from 0.12 to 1.09 per 100,000 in females (Redaniel, Dalida and Gunnell, 2011). Intentional self-
harm is the 9th leading cause of death among the 20-24 years old (DOH, 2003).

Question:

1. Why there are people at ages 13-15 and 20-24 commit suicide? If you will be luckily given a chance to
represent your city to prevent mental illness in your city what will you recommend to decrease incidence
of suicide in your city specially in the age group stated in the scenario?

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among young people. Most of the time it may happen as an
intestinal event without any reason. There are a lot of factors contributing to the rise in a number of suicidal causes.
All over the universe, the same trend has been observed. As per the data provided here, peoples in the age group of
20-24 are most commonly showing the tendency to do suicide. Most of the people in this age group are finding
suicide as a way to overcome all the problems in their life. For every suicide, there are many extra folks that strive
for suicide. An earlier suicide attempt is the unmarried maximum critical chance thing for suicide in the popular
population. Suicide is the fourth main reason for dying among 15-24 age gropus.70% of world suicides occur in low-
and center-income countries. Ingestion of pesticide, striking and firearms are some of the maximum not unusual
techniques of suicide globally. Some of the possible reasons for rising in suicide among the age group of 20-24 are
the following.

1. Academic pressure- Peoples in this age group are mostly prone to severe academic pressure, it makes them
always pressurized. It leads to an extended level of mental distress.

2. Poor family patterns- There lot of people from poor family backgrounds. This poor background, parents'
fights, socio-economic issues are also resulting in raise in suicidal causes among youths.

3. Loss of valuable relationship- Peoples in the age group of 20-24 are very good at making relationships like
falling in love, lifelong friendships, sex relationships, etc. loos or breaking up of such relationships is also one
of the major reasons for suicide.

4. Mental disorders- In life, having a presence of mind is crucial. However, this age group generally has lower
mental acuity due to a variety of problems. It causes serious mental health issues like depression. Depression
is another cause of suicide.

5. Use of drugs, alcohol, and smoking- People are getting addicted to drugs, alcohol, and smoking. The very
high mental activity and high affinity towards hallucinations were very high in the age group of 20-24. So,
overuse of these materials causes mental health issues if it was not available. This chronic addiction is very
dangerous.
 6. Adventures and accidents- This is not a direct reason for the increase in the number of suicides, but peoples
in the age group are very much interested in taking adventures-like taking selfies with running a train,
climbing in a dangerous part of mountains, etc. so this type of challenges makes peoples very sensitive
towards there life.

7. Other possible reasons- Lack of social attention, health issues, lack of job, etc.

References:

1. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/suicide

2. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00540/full

3. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/suicide-among-teens-and-young-adults-reaches-highest-level-since-
2000