Policy Analysis - Suicide Prevention

Abstract\nYouth self-annihilation is becoming dangerously soused to reaching epidemic proportions. It is the terce leading produce of terminal among fifteen to twenty-five historic period olds, and the second leading cause of death among ten to cardinal years olds, as intumesce as college students. It is obvious that something moldiness be do. A build of action must be taken to reduce or eliminate these terrifying statistics. The 2005 impertinently Mexico Senate Joint record 61 proposes to address this issue by ontogeny and providing training programs for teachers as well as students, and developing and implementing a protocol for felo-de-se prevention and response in all public schools and universities in the state. The following pages are an synopsis of this policy, addressing its historic background, the businesss that necessitate it, and the comment of the policy.\n\nHistorical Background\n1. What historical problems led to the creation of the policy?\nSuicide among our younker is at an all time high.Teen/youth suicide rates receive tripled since 1970 (http://www.1-teenage-suicide.com/). In the past schoolboyish state experienced rugged feelings of stress, self-doubt, pressure to succeed, and pressure regarding drugs and intoxicant as well as others.These feelings are still give birth in our youth and are being experienced more than ever these days. Although one in eight teens experiences depression, the diagnosis is practically missed or passed over, oft mistaking it as regular(prenominal) teenage ups and downs, or desire swings. According to Senate Joint Memorial Bill 61 (SJM61) 2005, a New Mexico youth gamble and resiliency survey was done in 2003. It showed that in children grades 9 through 12, 20 percent of females and 13 percent of males badly considered suicide. More young people die from suicide than from cancer, feeling malady, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, flu, and chronic lung disease combined. It is clear that youth suicide is becoming a problem of epidemic proportions. Depression, a...