Teen Suicide

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use". This elicit drug use alters the teenagers state of mind and eventually takes control of their life. With this in mind, imagine how confused and lost a young person may be if they are a drug user? Out of all teenage suicides as of 1997; drug related suicide alone has tripled from 20% to 60%. Drugs have many effects on teens but the most detrimental of them all would be fatality self- inflicted.
Finally, the focus is on Abusive Relationships and how much they effect a growing child’s life. It seems as though family values, in general, have somehow been lost overtime. The support a teen needs from their parents isn’t always available. Instead, a teen may have to face her alcoholic father who abuses her daily. But abuse isn’t not always found just in the home. Many teenagers involve themselves in abusive "romantic" relationships. They take the abuse and learned helplessness begins to come into effect, meaning eventually, they learn to accept the behavior and not ...

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