Here I Discuss suicidal ideation among adolescents

1. SUICIDE IDEATION AMONG
ADOLESCENTS
Km Pratima
Ph.D. Pre. Human
Development & Family
Studies

2. EVERY 17 MINUTES A TEEN SUCCEEDS IN TAKING THERE
OWN LIFE
Source -http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

3. SUICIDE
Suicide is the act
of killing
yourself, most
often as a result
of depression or
other mental
illness.

4. Terms “committed
suicide”, “completed
suicide” and “successful
suicide” are not
considered unacceptable;
preferred terms are “death
by suicide” or "died by
suicide"
•Suicides among young
people continue to be a
serious problem.
• Suicide is the second
leading cause of death
for children, adolescents
and young adults age
15-to-24-year-
olds.(WHO)
Continued……..

5. SUICIDE IDEATION
Suicidal ideation is
defined as thoughts,
ideas, and the desire to
commit suicide, being a
frequent behavior among
adolescents and
characterized as a
personality disorder or
with the character of
emotional blackmail.

6. CONTINUED……
Adolescent suicide
attempts may be
associated with feelings
of stress, self-doubt,
pressure to succeed,
financial uncertainty,
disappointment, and
loss.

7. ACCORDING TO DURKHEIM
Suicide is not an individual act
nor a personal action. It is
caused by some power which
is over and above the
individual or super individual
.“All classes of deaths
resulting directly or indirectly
from the positive or negative
acts of the victim itself who
knows the result they
produce”

8. ACCORDING TO DURKHEIM TYPES OF SUICIDE
Emile Durkheim
classified different
types of suicides on
the basis of
different types of
relationship
between the actor
and his society.
(1) Egoistic suicide
(2) Altruistic suicide
(3) Anomic suicide
(4) Fatalistic suicide

9. EGOISTIC SUICIDE :

10. ALTRUISTIC SUICIDE:
.

11. ANOMIC SUICIDE
.

12. FATALISTIC SUICIDE
.

13. .
Other
States/UTs
[18.6%]
Maharashtra
[13.4%]
West Bengal
[9.9%]
Karnataka
[8.6%]
Telangana
[5.8%]
Kerala
[6.1%]
Uttar Pradesh
[3.6%]
Andhra Pradesh
[4.0%]
Chhattisgarh
[5.2%]
Gujarat
[5.8%]
Tamil Nadu
[10.3%]
State/UT wise Major Percentage Share of Suicides in States during
2018According to NCRB : (National Crime Records Bureau)

14. Note: OTHER STATES/UTs include Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Manipur,
Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Punjab,
Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Odisha, Uttarakhand,
A & N Island, Chandigarh, D & N Haveli, Daman
& Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep and Puducherry.

15. FACT ABOUT SUICIDE ……..
India, the world’s second most populous country of over
1 billion, has one of the highest suicide rates among
those aged 15 to 29 and accounts for over a third of
global suicides among women each year.
According to 2015 data from the National Crime
Records Bureau, 8934 (6.7% of all suicides) students are
committing suicide every year. That's one student every
hour.
Over 4,800 kids attempt to commit suicide daily, which
means there are 1,752,000 suicide attempts every year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_India, https://study.com/academy/lesson/school-

16. CONTINUED……
 A total of 1,34,516 suicides were reported in the country during
2018 showing an increase of 3.6% in comparison to 2017 and
the rate of suicides has increased by 0.3 during 2018 over 2017.

17. BEFORE FEW YEARS SUICIDAL RATE ACCORDING TO
STATE
Years
2016 2017 2018
Sikkim 40.5 Puducherry 40.1 A & N Islands 41.0
Puducherry 33.3 A & N Islands 35.6 Puducherry 33.8
A & N Islands 26.4 Sikkim 32.9 Sikkim 30.2
Chhattisgarh 25.8 Kerala 22.6 Kerala 23.5
Telangana 24.5 Chhattisgarh 22.5 Telangana 21.2

18. SOME FACTS RELATED SUICIDE IDEATION IN
ADOLSCENT
 Among adolescents who reported
suicidal thoughts, 50% of their
parents were unaware. About 76%
of parents were unaware of those
reporting thoughts of death.
 The study also showed when
parents believed their teen had
suicidal thoughts, 48% of the teens
denied it. When parents reported
their child had thoughts of death,
67.5% of teens denied it.
According to NCRB : In 2018(The National Crime
Records Bureau)

19. SOME FACTS RELATED SUICIDE IN ADOLSCENT
Suicide accounted for 1.4
percent of all deaths
worldwide, making it the
18th leading cause of
death in 2016.
Failure in examinations
led to 2,413 suicides by
students in 2016.
According to NCRB : In 2018(The National
Crime Records Bureau)

20. Source-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Youth risk behavior
surveillance—United States, 2011. MMWR, Surveillance Summaries 2012;61(no.
SS-4). Available from www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/ss/ss6104.pdf

21. Percentage Share of Suicide Victims adolescent, Status during 2018
According to NCRB : In 2018(The National Crime Records Bureau)

22. Suicide
Attempted Suicides
Close to 800 000 people die due to suicide every year, each adult who died by suicide
there may have been more than 20 others attempting suicide.(according to …WHO)
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in its 2018 data made a shocking
revelation that in India, one student commits suicide every hour.(WHO)

23. CONTINUE……….
The overall male
female ratio of
suicide:
above18 years;
 28894 male
 18009 female
Below 18 years;
 4439 male
 4992 female
Source -The National Crime Records Bureau
(NCRB)2018

25. THE COMMON METHOD
GUN SHOT
DRUGS &
ALCOHAL
OVERDOSE

26. CONTINUE………
Hanging
Romeo And Juliet
Style

27. Carbon Monoxide
CONTINUE………
Suffocation

28. Jumping
Continue…
Drowning

29. Electric Shock
Continue………
Exsanguinations

30. IDEATION STAGES OF SUICIDE
Intervention
.
Ideation
Threatening
Attempting
.

31. REASONS FOR SUICIDE IDEATION IN ADOLESCENT
Academic pressures
Alcohol abuse
Loss of a valued
relationship
 bullying
Low self esteem due to
bullying
loneliness

32. CAUSES SUICIDE
Approximately 90% of people who have died by
suicide were suffering from a mental illness at the
time.
A Stressful life event may feel intense sadness or
loss, anxiety, anger, or hopelessness, and may
occasionally have the thought that they would be
better off dead.
Adolescent is suffering from depression or another
psychiatric disorder and should seek professional
treatment.
http://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions-and-treatments/conditions/s/suicide-and-
teens/symptoms-and-causes

33. CONTINUE………..
 mental illness school
difficulties broken romance
separation , rejection physical/
sexual abuse Children-
bullying /being bullied.

34. RISK FACTORS :
Mental illness/psychiatric diagnosis
Family history of suicide and/or exposure
to suicide Family history of mental illness
Physical/sexual abuse
Losses
Aggressive behavior/impulsivity
Lack of social support/social isolation

35. CONTINUED………..
Poor coping skills
Access to ways of harming oneself, like guns,
knives, etc.
Difficulties in dealing with sexual orientation
Physical illness
Family disruptions (divorce or problems with
the law)
Traumatic event

36. WARNING SIGNS:
Preoccupation with death (e.g., recurring
themes of death or self-destruction in artwork
or written assignments)
Intense sadness and/or hopelessness
Not caring about activities that used to matter
Social withdrawal from family, friends, sports,
social activities
Substance abuse
Sleep disturbance (either not sleeping or
staying awake all night)

37. CONTINUE……….
Giving away possessions
Risky behavior
Lack of energy
Inability to think clearly/concentration
problems
Declining school performance/increased
absences from school
Increased irritability
Changes in appetite

38. PREVENTION
Brief
Interventions
Psychotherapies
Collaborative
Care
Medication

41. “BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND ALL THAT YOU ARE. KNOW
THAT THERE IS SOMETHING INSIDE YOU THAT IS
GREATER THAN ANY OBSTACLE”.
Thank
you