Pharmaceutical companies are killing us!
Pharmaceutical companies are not in the business of Health, Healing, Cures, Wellness…why? Because they have found a way to make incredible amounts of money. The people they are making the money off of become so drugged up that they can’t complain and if they do…well, their doctor or psychiatrist will have them locked away in [...]
Does Internet Really Play a Role in Gen Y Suicide?
Written by Esther Lee, Analytics Assistant to HRP
Generation Y is also known as the ‘Net Generation’, since most of interaction and communication are done through the internet. Living in the 21st century, it is a big benefit to have technology that brings together people whenever and wherever they are. However, many people often take an advantage of their anonymity online. Internet is one of the most powerful medium that is causing the increase of Generation Y suicide.
The anonymity in the online-world provides a protective shield for bullies. Behind this protective shield, they abuse their victims. Although the abuse is not physical nor contacting the victims face-to-face, cyber bullying torments the victims’ lives and lead them to suicide. With increasing use of social networks, cyber bullying also flourished.
For social networking sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, which do not need extensive information upon registration, it is quite easy to make a fabricated account. Such incidences are not rare and certainly do need attention. A solution to barricade the bullies should be developed to stop further damage.
Suicide and Generation Y
Written by Diana Bello, Sponsorship Assistant
The suicide has become a relevant issue nowadays. We all are concerned about this topic but only few of us know how to deal with this situation, how to overcome it, and what the main causes are.
Youth suicide is a very important and emotional subject. Most people do not realise that the highest rates of suicide actually occur among men in their thirties. There is one suicide for every 100-200 attempts and a youth suicide, between 15 and 24 years, occurs every 100 minutes.
“Suicide is a particular awful way to die: the mental suffering leading up to its usually prolonged, intense and unpalliated” Suicide is presented not only during childhood but also in old age, and during the interval grows steadily age to age (Durkeim, 1897).
Over 90 percent of people who die by suicide have a mental illness at the time of their death, and the mutual mental illness is depression. Depression in a young person is generated by experiences which are not positive. These include examples such as alcohol or drugs abuse, someone´s death, divorce of parents, being ridiculed or bullied by classmates or friends as well as many others.
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