Research Paper Topic 4: Suicide Risk & Youth• For this topic, students will be asked to explore in-depth the startlingly high suicide rates in the country today (United States), focusing in particular on youth• Identify for this paper the common behaviors associated with suicide ideation and risko What about the culture today is making young people in particular vulnerable to suicide? Are there particular groups among youth who are more or less at risk for suicide? Explain.• What is the relationship between mental illness among youth and suicide rates? Identify the specific mental illnesses that serve as risks for suicide and why• Identify protective factors against suicide and/or preventative measures that can be implemented to reverse this trend regarding youth and suicide• Students may or may not also focus on how suicide ideations or attempts are treated for youth as applicable to the larger thesis of their paper
