Adolescent pregnancy and adolescent depression

They usually go through fear, stress and confusion and pressure of being successful as new things come on the process. In case of teenage come across the change of families like the divorce of the parents or moving to a new place as well as the making of new friends they can be upset and overwhelmed hence committing suicide which appears as a solution to them. Discuss contributing factors and signs and symptoms that may be observed or assessed in these clients Examples of these signs and symptoms that are usually seen among teenagers are the risk of wanting to commit suicide, losing interests in daily activities, use of drugs and alcohol and thoughts of wanting to kill self. All of these are signs that need to be addressed.

The above feelings, behaviours have got medical conditions. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or TTY: 1-800-799-4TTY (4889) This is a free hotline that operates 24 hours and it is useful for people with a crisis of suicide and emotional distress and it also has live chat. The website is www. suicidepreventionlifeline. org. Hotlines of Texas suicide give out state resources. Once parents and families are able to give the full support they help the teenagers to conquer all the incidents. References Caldwell, D. The Suicidal Prevention Continuum. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U. S. Retrieved from http://www. vchca. org/public-health/suicide-resources Teenage Pregnancy Adolescent pregnancy can be defined as the way in which teenage lady is able to become pregnant (13 to 19 years).

According to UNICEF, it is the girl who has not reached adult age becoming pregnant. Describe various risk factors or precursors to adolescent pregnancy Risk factors include adolescent sexual behavior, teenage drinking, peer pressure, sexual rape, lack of enough knowledge about sex, and lack of guidance from parents. Research the teen pregnancy rates for the last 10 years for your state and community. The national campaign of preventing teen pregnancy in the area of Texas it was ranked number 16 out of 50 states in 2011. The birth rate of the female teenagers around 15 to 19 years were highest in number. The rate of teen pregnancy has fallen by `10 % by 2016. In the year 2008, Texas was ranked in the second position in the US having a high number of teen pregnancy.