SAGE News Clips: Youth Depression and SuicideDescription: In this video, we meet a mother who agonizes over the suicide of her 14-year-old daughter. While often considered a solitary phenomenon, the Centers for Disease control (CDC) estimates that suicide rates have increased 24% between 1999 and 2014. Watch this video to learn more about the large-scale social patterns surrounding suicide rates.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 17, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:This video looks at suicide from an individualist perspective (14-year-old girl), but also from a societal one--theorizing why rates of depression and suicide are increasing among
certain groups. ______ pioneered some of the earliest sociological research on both social solidarity and suicide.
A. Emile Durkheim
B. Max Weber
C. Jane Adams
D. W. E. B. DuBois
Answer: A
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