felicia Baron's List: annotatedbibliography

Kuyken, Willem, et al. "Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing mindfulness-based cognitive therapy with maintenance anti-depressant treatment in the prevention of depressive relapse/recurrence: the PREVENT trial." Trials 11 (2010): 99. Academic OneFile. Web. 25 Feb. 2011.


Precis: Kuyken in the article for depression prevention states that long lasting prevention for suicide is sourced at using pyschological therapy rather than anti depressant medications. Kuyken supports his claim through use of research and experimentation. The author's purpose is to inform readers on the why therapies such as Cognative Mind Therapy are better approaches to healing depression than anti depressants and hopes to raise awareness. The author writes in a formal tone for the general public to understand his information.

In this source the use of anti depressants vs. pyschological therapy are examined. In relation to the ultimate goal, which would involve more hands on therapy to solve the problems of teen suicide (using art as a therapy for students), it is important to know the difference in these methods for healing depressed patients. The writer of this article speaks of how preventive care therapy is more favored to patients than taking pills, and will heal in a way that is long lasting rather than pills that require patients to consistantly be dependant on something.
A new concept is also introduced in this article; Cognative Mind Therapy is a process that helps patients learn to be mindful of their actions and behaviors to work their brain around negative situations. This form of therapy coincides nicely with my proposed art therapy and is something to keep in my mind.
This source is relatively new and probably the most informative for the ultimate proposed task for this project. However it is more important to research purposes than anything else.

Peacock, Judith. "Teen Suicide" Mankato: Capstone Press, 2000. Book. 25 Feb. 2011.

Precis: Peacock in her book, "Teen Suicide" informs readers on what teen suicide is and how to prevent it . She does so by providing informative and factual information in order to give her readers a quick overview on many key factors regarding suicide. The authors purpose is raise awareness in hopes of preventing suicide attempts and successes in order to stop such actions from occuring. Peacock writes in a straight forward tone to give her audience the straight facts so that the information sticks.

This source is truly is a background information source. It provides a lot of facts that can be used to inform myself and my audience on the important factors for suicide. Ultimately this will set the stage for why this topic is of importance and will be the source that hooks in the audience as to why they should care.
Though the source is very informative and covers just about all the topics I find important for understanding teen suicide, the author of the book is questionable. There isn't much that states her credentials and therefore it is hard to completely trust she knows best about the topic.

Ferris, Michael, et al. "Financial analysis of acetaminophen suicide in a teen girl." Pediatric Nursing 33.5 (2007): 442+. Academic OneFile. Web. 25 Feb. 2011.

Precis: Ferris in his article suggests that there is a big difference in cost from preventing suicides to treating actual suicidal attempts. He supports his claims by taking a real person's, Tammy, suicide attempt cost and comparing it to the price of a preventive program in order to make his point that the prices differ largely. The authors purpose is to point out just how crucial preventive programs are in teen suicide and how people need to take suicide attempts more seriously in order to reduce the amount of lives lost. The author writes in a formal tone with a paper mostly addressed to parents and guardians.

Ferris' article brings a topic that I personally would not have considered when doing my research. Through his analysis of cost between prevention clinics against attempted suicide hospital bills he makes a bold statement that shows just how better life would be if prevention of suicide was taken more seriously.
The cost for healing someone who attempts suicide can easily add up to thousands of dollars, and in many instances will just lead to death, making all the attention for saving their lives somewhat wasted, Where as it is only about 100 dollars to set up prevention programs for suicidal teens, and if the program is well it will truly help kids to see the beauty of life.
I think this article will be a big factor in my research paper because I find it to be a very strong factor to consider for teen suicide that will make an audience really think.

McArt, Ebba W., Donald A. Shulman, and Elizabeth Gajary. "Developing an Educational Workshop on Teen Depression and Suicide: A Proactive Community Intervention." Child Welfare 78.6 (1999): 793. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 25 Feb. 2011.


Precis: In this article, "A Proactive Community Intervention," McArt explains the importance of workshops for teen mental health prevention in local communities. She supports her claim by a brief overview on how suicide was affecting her community and then explaining how a workshop really makes a difference in order to make a claim for action upon other communities. The author's purpose is to inform and to request action of other communities to take action just as hers had in order to lower mental health issues among teens. The author uses a casual tone in order to relate to her audience of local communities around the world.

To gain perpective on what people are actually doing to prevent suicide, this article gave a great example with lots of call to action for their readers. In this article there is a lot of information on why there needs to be prevention facilities and the benefits they bring to the community in battling mental health problems. In addition, this article relates to anyone and everyone as it gives solutions on how everyone can make a difference to making teen suicide a thing of the past.

Fritz, Scott, and Don Quiqley. "FAQ." SPTS--Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide (2010). Web. 2 Feb. 2011.

Precis: In Scott Fritz and Don Quigley's facts about teen suicide, the duo answers questions about how to deal with some scenarios involving suicide. In answering questions they are giving solutions on how suicide can be prevented. In this hope that they are persuading the reader to take action when they face problematic scenarios. The writers tone is one of urgency to inform readers that taking action is of importance and should not be taken lightly.

The SPTS is a website designed to inform students and teachers how to prevent and inform individuals on teen suicides in hopes of reducing numbers. This website was a source used in another website I found, and though it appears to be written by two common men (lowering their credentials), they seem to have relevant information on the topic. I will use this source to draw out facts on how to make my topic relative to my peers and teacher audiences.

Greenhill, Laurence. "Facts For Families" AACAP--American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (May 2008). Web, 3 Feb. 2011.

Precis: The AACP constructs an essay informing families on how to detect teen suicides and what to do to prevent it. Listing several facts and ideas the source allows the reader to view many possibilities on the topic. The authors purpose is to help prevent teen suicides by showing how many different topics can relate to suicides, and that no threat should be taken lightly. The tone used is informative and persistent in assuring the reader will take action if so prompted to.

This source is a brief list of facts on what can lead a teen to suicidal thoughts and how to prevent them. The source is limited in that it is very short and doesn't expand on the topic exclusively. However, it is a decent start on retrieving information on roots of teen suicide. There seems to be a lot of related sources to this topic listed underneath the article, so with this source I will probably see how different topics relate to teen suicide.

Kaplan, Arline. "Battling a National Killer: TeenScreen Aims To Prevent Teen Suicide." Psychiatric Times 23.3 (2006): 1. Academic OneFile. Web. 25 Feb. 2011.

Precis: In Kaplan's article "TeenScreen Aims To Prevent Teen Suicide," he informs his readers of a new controversy sparking between whether preventive care facilities are the best way of preventing teen suicides. Kaplan supports his argument by observing the different sides of the controversy to show why each feels the way they do. The author's purpose is mainly to inform on where the controversy is coming from and why the new claims on preventive care facilities being bad can be a big issue and factor to consider for the topic of teen suicide. The author writes in a neutral tone so to inform an audience on what to expect for refute against preventive agencies.

This text is the article that mostly refutes the topic of my given proposal. The author really explores the side of the Teen Suicide controversy that states prevention clinics as inappropriate for aiding in teen suicide. Though it may seem absurd to eliminate prevention agency, the refute does come with some point because their main message is that these clinics label children as needing special attention, which in some cases could potentially make a child feel worse. Of course that is not the goals whatsoever for these kids, the fact that it could happen seems very believable.
However, I have touched on this idea to an extent, claiming that my method for using art as an outlet to make children feel better would make kids feel more comfortable about their situation, and not require them to do anything that would make them feel uneasy.
This insight will allow me to develop my ideas even more, knowing why some people find preventive therapies as harmful.

Bruni, Patricia J. "Study links teen suicide and birth factors." Patient Care 19 (1985): 17+. Academic OneFile. Web. 25 Feb. 2011.

Precis: In Bruni's writing, "Study Links Suicide and Birth Factors" explains how teen suicide may be linked to birthing problems such as unexpected pregnancies or diseases at birth. Bruni supports her argument with an explanation of a study that occured to prove such assertions. The authors purpose is to give a potential reason for teen suicide in order to gain more perspective on the topic. The author writes in a formal tone for audiences who potentially deal with suicide in their lives.

Though this idea is unique and provides a potential solution for the source of suicide, it is a pretty questionable study. There doesn't appear to be much claim that backs up this statement and the claim, though with experimentation, does not seem to come back with any true and reliable substance.
Not to mention the study dates back to many years ago, and considering the other sources not even remotely mentioning the idea these relationships probably do not exist.
However, the proposal for any new information on this topic is worth looking at to gain more understanding on what to do to prevent it.
It is however interesting that the source is that of a peer reviewed physician journal, making it pretty credible, yet seeming pretty simplistic and irrelevant at times.
Perhaps the best thing is to do more research on this claim to see if there is any studies in relation that can provide a better study for this interestinng topic.