SAGE News Clips: Youth Suicide
Description: A mother agonizes over the suicide of her 14-year-old daughter who jumped off of the Golden Gate Bridge for feeling “boring” and “fat” even though she was a size zero. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that suicide rates have increased 24 percent between 1999 and 2014. During this time period, girls aged 10–14 were three times more likely to die from suicide. The CDC also reports increasing rates of psychiatric illness and depression among youth today when compared to previous decades.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you’ve signed in, scroll to page 104, and watch the video. When you’ve finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:Which of the following statements about Durkheim’s book Suicide is true?
A. It focuses on individual-level explanations for suicide.
B. It rejects the idea that individual-level factors contribute to a person’s decision to commit suicide.
C. It focuses on how the organization of societies gives rise to suicide.
D. It rejects the idea that macro-level factors contribute to a person’s decision to commit suicide.
Answer: C
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