Workshop by
Tony White
The 15 – 24 years age group is one of the highest risk groups in terms of completed suicides and suicide attempts. Also teenage girls in particular are prone to self harming such as by cutting self.
Obviously there are special features of these age groups that make them particularly susceptible to such actions compared to the general adult population. These will be described and discussed in the workshop.
There are many different reasons why a teenager would want to harm self or take their own life. These will be described and ideas on how you deal with the different causes will be highlighted.
The link between harming self and harming others is also considered. Why do kids kill?. Psychologically there are some close similarities between killing self and killing others. A young adult called Martin Bryant killed 35 people at Port Arthur in Australia and then attempted to take his own life. Teenagers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot dead 30 students a Collumbine high school in the USA and then killed themselves. Why these events happened provide valuable insight into dealing with teenage suicide.
Harming self and harming others (bullying) are also closely linked. Psychologically they are quite similar. Looking at why teenagers harm others provides insight into why they harm them self and thus strategies for dealing with self harming can be devised.
Date: Tuesday May 27th, 2008. 7.00pm (1 to 2 hours)
Venue: 136 Loftus Street, North Perth
Cost $45.00
Contact: Tony White
Email agbw@bigpond.com
Phone 9328 8993
Website: www.ynot1.com.au