Suicide

By kenzielantz

  • Teen suicide begins to appear in newspapers

    The Globe and Mail (Canada) does a report on the statistics of teen suicide

  • The New York Times writes an article about Suicide Television

    The New York Times writes an article about Suicide Television One of the first major times teen suicide was focused on television, was in a series of tv shows: "'Teen-age Suicide: Don't Try It!'' and ''Teen-age Press Conference: Suicide.'' There was also an hour long documentary

  • TV: The problem of teenage suicide

    The New York reports on a television special, ''Teen-age Suicide: Too Young to Die.'' Teen suicide rates were up 300% at the time of the airing. The 30-minute program, hosted by LeVar Burton, drew attention to the problem.

  • 20/20 does first report on gay teen suicide

    The Washington Post reports on the 20/20 segment about the rise in suicide rates of gay teens.

  • USA Today Artice: "Suicide among young teens increases 120%"

    The media constantly reports on this issue, but USA Today reported in 1995 that suicides among children ages 10 to 14 had increased dramatically, says a new report from the federal Centers for Disease Control.The rate of such youthful suicides increased 120% between 1980 and 1992, the last year for which data are complete, the report says.

  • Christian Science Monitor report: When Silence can be Fatal

    After more suicides, the CSM asks: Does talking candidly to teens about suicide quell the impulse - or glamorize it? Schools struggle to decide.

  • Film & Music: Film: Sex. Violence.

    Teen movies used to be about growing pains, bunking off school and prom night. Now it's mental illness, apocalypse and suicide. A study in London does a review about the appearance of suicide in films and causes moviemakers in America to evaluate

  • Rutgers Remembers Tyler Clementi

    Huge media frenzy over the suicide of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, after a string of gay teen suicides over the country

  • National Bullying Prevention Month

    Sparks a week-long primetime special on MSNBC about bullying prevention

  • Gay Buffalo Teen Commits Suicide on Eve of National Bullying Summit

    This story was a big story in the media, including appearances on Good Morning America and the Today Show. A teen had been cyberbullied because he was gay, and committed suicide because of the bullying.