Teen Suicide
...r at the Suicide Prevention and Crisis Clinic. One of the main factors of suicide is depression. “What people don’t understand is that suicide is a medical disorder, not something that you can get rid of over night,” stated Jones. Depression can be controlled by a doctor and can be treated in many ways depending on the illness, severity, and the age of the person. Cognitive therapy focuses on trying to change a person’s negative thoughts and inaccurate perception that they have of themselves and their environment. Interpersonal therapy teaches a person how to interact with others. This type of therapy also focuses on a person’s social skills with friends, family, and co-workers, according to the Suicide Awareness Voices of Education. When counselors and social workers see kids with depression they look for various amounts of symptoms, internally and physically. Many of the symptoms f...