Teen Suicide
Impulsiveness is the tendency to act without thinking through a plan or its consequences. Impulsiveness is a symptom of multiple mental disorders and has been linked to aggressive and violent behaviors in teens including homicide and suicide through its association with mental disorders and substance abuse. Impulsive mental disorders most linked to suicide include borderline personality disorder among teen girls, conduct disorder among teen boys, antisocial behavior in teen boys, and alcohol and substance abuse among teen girls and boys.
Impulsiveness appears to have a lesser role in suicides amount older adults. Teen suicide occurs more often than it should. There are endless therapeutic treatment options available for suicide prevention in teens. Many troubled teens benefit from being placed in a safe and comfortable environment, free of distractions and temptations, while receiving therapeutic treatment. Therapy Insider can offer parents of potentially suicidal teens with treatment programs that specialize in suicide prevention and helping teens overcome adversity.
There is growing evidence that familial and genetic factors contribute to the risk for suicidal behavior in teens. Major psychiatric illnesses, including bipolar disorder, major depression, schizophrenia, alcoholism and substance abuse, and certain personality disorders, which run in families, increase the risk for teens to display suicidal behavior. This does not mean that suicidal behavior is predestined for individuals with a family history of psychiatric disorders; it simply means that such persons may be more vulnerable such behaviors and should take precautionary steps to reduce their risk, such as getting an evaluation and receiving treatment at the first sign of a mental illness.
Alcohol and substance abuse problems in troubled teens contribute to suicidal behavior in several ways. Teens that are dependent on substances are likely to have social and financial problems, in addition to being depressed. Substance use and abuse is common among troubled teens prone to acts of impulsiveness, and among teens who engage in other forms of high risk behaviors that result in self-harm. Fortunately, there are a number of effective substance abuse prevention efforts that reduce risk for substance abuse in teens, as well as multiple effective methods of treatment for teens currently dealing with an alcohol or substance abuse problem.
Therapy Insider Serves Parents Seeking Alternative Treatment for their Troubled Teens in Order to Prevent Teen Suicide
Teen suicide can be prevented by parents insisting that their troubled teens receive treatment for their psychiatric disorders, emotional issues, alcohol and substance abuse, and suicidal thoughts that may arise as a result of the overbearing obstacles faced by teens today. Therapy Insider's child placement specialists have enrolled countless troubled teens into treatment facilities that perfectly fit and cater to the the mental health, educational, behavioral, and physical needs and desires of the troubled teen and his or her family.