index | archives | notes Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004 7:40 p.m. << [ Psychology and You ] >> Some of the most common stressors leading up to suicide are the loss of important people [check], substance abuse, serious conflicts within the family [check], and severe trouble at school or work [check]. For adolescents, especially adolescent girls, attempting suicide can be associated with having few intimate relationships [check], little satisfaction with those relationships [check], and not much social support [check]. Rejection by one's parents [check] and a negative, unpleasant family life [check] are other risk factors for adolescents, as is a history of physical [check] or sexual abuse. Usually added to these specific problems is the feeling that everything is meaningless and hopeless and that there is no point in trying to make things better [check, check and check]. -Psychology and You Bang bang. << | x | >> whatiscopyright.org