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PEER PRESSURE, BULLYING,
AND EVERYDAY STRESS CAN CAUSE
SOME TEENS TO HAVE SUICIDAL
THOUGHTS. SUICIDE IS THE 10-TH
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE
PSYCHOLOGIST DR. SHARI
STEMBEL. ACCORDING TO THE
INDIANA SUICIDE PREVENTION
COALITION, INDIANA'S SUICIDE
RATE HAS BEEN HIGHER THAN THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR MORE THAN
A DECADE.IN A SPECIAL REPORT
NEWS 18'S HOLLY CAMPBELL
BRINGS US THE THIRD
INSTALLMENT OF 'STATE OF THE
YOUTH' AND TEEN SUICIDE.#@
HOLLY: NEARLY ONE IN 10
HOOSIER STUDENTS ATTEMPTED
2009...ACCORDING TO THE
INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST DR.
SHARI STEMBEL SAYS WHAT MIGHT
EVEN BE MORE SHOCKING IS HOW
MANY TEENS CONTEMPLATE HURTING
THEMSELVES.STEMBEL 19;09:45
"TWENTY TO 30 PERCENT OF ALL
TEENAGERS HAVE A SERIOUS
CONSIDERATION OF SUICIDE AT
SOME POINT."HOLLY:
ACCORDING TO MENTAL HEALTH
AMERICA, SUICIDE IS THE THIRD
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR 15
TO 24 YEAR OLDS NATIONWIDE.
IT'S THE SIXTH LEADING CAUSE
OF DEATH FOR FIVE TO 14 YEAR
OLDS. BENTON COUNTY IS ONE
PLACE THAT KNOWS THE IMPACT OF
SUICIDE ALL TOO WELL. STEMBEL
19:05:13 "FOR AWHILE, THREE OR
FOUR YEARS AGO BENTON COUNTY
WAS THE NUMBER ONE IN SUICIDE,
HAD THE HIGHEST SUICIDE RATE
IN INDIANA WHICH IS NOT A
STATISTIC WE WERE VERY PROUD
OF."HAAS(16:29:27): "I HAD A
FORMER PLAYER WHEN I WAS
COACHING COMMIT SUICIDE, SO I
MEAN IT'S ONE OF THOSE WHEN IT
IMPACTS YOU AND IT IMPACTS THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY."HOLLY:
BENTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
SUPERINTENDENT DESTIN HAAS
SAYS IN RECENT YEARS BENTON
COUNTY HAS MADE AN EFFORT TO
EDUCATE EVERYONE IN THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT SUICIDE. ONE
WAY IS THROUGH THE OUT OF THE
DARKNESS WALK. THE WALK
ORIGINATED AFTER A BENTON
COUNTY FIFTH GRADER TOOK HIS
OWN LIFE. THE WALK NOT ONLY
RAISES AWARENESS, BUT HELPS
FUND RESOURCES SO SUICIDE
AWARENESS CAN BE TAUGHT IN
SCHOOLS.HAAS(16:29;54): "I
THINK THAT'S THE KEY. I MEAN
OBVIOUSLY I WOULD THINK I
WOULD BE NAIVE BY SAYING THAT
WE'RE GOING TO PREVENT SUICIDE
BUT I THINK THE BETTER
EDUCATION WE CAN GET OUT
THERE, THE MORE RESOURCES.
THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR
OUR STUDENTS OR OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS."STEMBEL 19;05:42
"SUICIDE IS A VERY PREVENTABLE
SITUATION MOST OF THE TIME IF
PEOPLE ARE JUST ALERT AND
AWARE AND KNOW WHAT TO LOOK
FOR, WHAT SIGNS TO LOOK FOR,
AND SOME WAYS OF INTERVENING
APPROPRIATELY."HOLLY: STEMBEL
HAS BEEN HELPING PARENTS
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE WARNING
SIGNS OF SUICIDE.STEMBEL
19:06;21 "WE LOOK FOR CHILDREN
WHO ARE WITHDRAWN, WE LOOK FOR
CHANGES IN MOOD, DEPRESSION,
ADOLESCENTS WHO SEE THAT
THERE'S NO WAY OUT, THAT THE
SITUATION SEEMS VERY DESPERATE
AND THERE AREN'T ALTERNATIVES
FOR SOLUTIONS."NAT POP?STEMBEL
19:10:38 "SOME CHILDREN
CERTAINLY HAVE JUST A
BIOLOGICAL PREDISPOSITION TO
DEPRESSION WHICH PUTS THEM AT
HIGHER RISK, BUT I THINK ALSO
PEER PRESSURE. I THINK KIDS
ARE CERTAINLY DEALING WITH A
LOT MORE INTERPERSONAL ISSUES,
ESPECIALLY WITH OUT INTERNET
SOCIAL MEDIA."HOLLY: WHILE
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PREVENT
EVERY SUICIDE.....STEMBEL SAYS
BETTER EDUCATION AND AWARENESS
ABOUT THE TOPIC COULD SAVE A
LIFE. HOLLY CAMPBELL, NEWS 18.
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ABOUT THE TOPIC COULD SAVE A
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A
COMPLETE LIST OF WARNING SIGNS
OF SUICIDE AND HOW TO DISCUSS
THE TOPIC WITH YOUR CHILD,