Teen suicide in Chicago area prompts more education from state

An alarming rate of teens are committing suicide in the city of Chicago, reports the Los Angeles Times. Five students from Barrington High School have taken their lives since 2007.

The district has offered suicide prevention and mental health programs, including public forums on adolescent depression and bipolar disorder held by professionals from Johns Hopkins Hospital. The National Institute of Mental Health reports that suicide is the third leading cause of death in people between the ages of 15 and 24.

According to the American Association of Suicidology, a person with a risk of suicidal behavior may often show signs of threatening to harm themselves, such as a fixation about death, increased substance abuse, anxiety or dramatic mood swings.

Teen boarding schools can help provide adolescents who have self-destructive behavior by giving them the care they need to make healthy lifestyle choices.

According to a report by the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly 7 out of 100,000 teens between the ages of 15 to 19 took their own lives in 2007. Furthermore, nearly 1 out of 100,000 children between the ages of 10 and 14 died by suicide.