Laws
Prevention
Vocabulary
Statistics
Warning Signs
100
Is prescribing medicine to help people who want to commit suicide illegal?
What is yes.
100
Remind them, there are always different _____.
What is alternatives.
100
The act of someone taking their own lives.
What is suicide.
100
Between what ages are teens most likely to commit suicide?
What is ages 15-24.
100
Loss of interest in ________. (Hint: grades)
What is school.
200
The minimum number of years a person assisting in a suicide is held in prison for.
What is at least 10 years.
200
Remove any _____ from their home.
What is weapons.
200
Diminishing the risk of suicide.
What is prevention.
200
About how many suicides are attempted each year?
What is over 132,000.
200
Withdrawing from ________?
What is Friends, family, and mates.
300
What can happen to physicians (besides going to prison) if they help assist in a suicide?
What is their license is revoked.
300
Can be done individually or with friends/family. It involves talking about your problems.
What is counseling.
300
Cuts, bruises, or marks indicated that someone has tried to attempt suicide.
What is Hesitation wounds.
300
Which gender of teenagers want to commit suicide the most?
What is girls.
300
Start to not care about ____. (Hint: Clothes)
What is appearance.
400
People are usually charged with _______ when assisting is a suicide.
What is manslaughter.
400
One of the last alternatives for depression/wanting to commit suicide.
What is Medication.
400
Fire arms, ropes, etc. used to help commit suicide.
What is means.
400
About 1 in how many teens attempt suicide, but don't succeed?
What is 1 in 25 attempted suicides aren't successful.
400
Starts to abuse _____ and ____.
What is drugs and alcohol.
500
In what year did Jack Kevorkian begin his 10-25 year sentence in prison?
What is 1999
500
When teens go somewhere else for a period of time to resolve their problems.
What is Residential Treatment.
500
The probability that a person threatening suicide will succeed.
What is Lethality.
500
Teenage males are how much more likely to actually commit suicide?
What is four times as likely.
500
Emotional distress brings on_______.
What is Physical pain and/or complaints.
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