Canadian Suicide Problem
By Dylan
Suicide is a big problem in the world, in Canada about 17.9 out of every 100 000 males commit suicide and 5.3 out of every 100 000 females commit suicide. Suicide is a problem as it is mainly young adults taking their lives, people who have so much to live for decide to take there life when they are going through a tough time. Suicide can be a effect of depression, in most cases someone commits suicide, the person is normally depressed. Depression is hard to combat as its not something anyone can really diagnose, prescribe a miracle drug, there are antidepressants that can help some people but they don't work for everyone, as they statistically only really help 2/10 people and only 4/10 can tell a difference using them compared to not using them when dealing with depression. In 2009 in Canada alone there were 3 890 suicides.
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How can we help prevent this? There are signs that can help us tell if someone is contemplating suicide. These early signs are depression related as suicide is a possible effect of depression. Some common signs are: sadness or grump all the time for no reason, withdrawal, self harm behavior, recent life trauma/crisis, making preparations. And the most surprising one is that 50-75% of all people who commit suicide tell a family member or friend they are going to kill themselves over text or call. Problem with the last one is it's normally to late to stop it once they have told you but if you take action quick enough you possibly could help save their life. Stopping suicide and depression is very difficult but if we all know these signs and watch out for eachother suicide can be greatly reduced.
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