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2. The Jason Foundation
The Jason Foundation website is a very beneficial piece of research for our Documentary. This is because
we can use some of the factual information from this website to put into our documentary in order to
make it as true to life as possible. By finding and reading this website, we have now got a wider
understanding about teen suicide and how big of a problem it is, not just in the UK but in the whole
world.
 The Jason Foundation- The Jason foundation was founded in 1997 after the suicide of the president’s
youngest son, Jason. The Jason Foundation has offices throughout the country and it is one of the
nation’s leading clinically- based non profit organisations for the awareness and the prevention of
youth suicide.
 The website includes some valuable information about youth suicide such as: facts and statistics,
signs and concerns, common myths , what parents can do and how to try and prevent youth suicide.
http://jasonfoundation.com/prp/
 Facts about Youth Suicide – This section of the website explores how adults may find it hard to
understand the motivations of teen suicide. This section also states that adults need to be able to talk
openly with their youths to try and understand what they are going through and to try and prevent
suicide from happening. http://jasonfoundation.com/prp/facts/
 Statistics about Youth Suicide – This part of the website states the statistics of youth suicide
throughout the world. Suicide is the second leading cause of death from as young as 10 years old to 24
years old. http://jasonfoundation.com/prp/facts/youth-suicide-statistics/

3. The 10 misconceptions about Suicide
This website about the 10 misconceptions on teen suicide includes some really helpful information for our documentary. We found
this website helpful, as it means we wont include any false information in our documentary as many facts about suicide that we
thought was true may not actually be the real answer. http://www.csun.edu/~vmd53178/misconceptions.htm
 ‘Suicide has occurred in almost every culture and every time period. Depending on the time and culture, suicidal behaviour has
been accepted or condemned, and many myths about suicide have evolved. Appropriate and effective intervention requires
recognizing these myths and knowing the facts.
 1. People often commit suicide without warning - "out of the blue.” FACT: Most people who take their lives have communicated
intent beforehand, either blatantly or subtly.
 2.Only severely depressed people commit suicide; improvement in emotional state means lessened risk of suicide. FACT: Suicide
often occurs at the end of a deep depression when a person's spirits and energy level rise. Suicide requires a certain amount of
energy that a severely depressed person may lack.
 3.Suicide occurs in greatest numbers around Christmas and Thanksgiving. FACT: While depression is often greatest in numbers
during the holiday season, suicide is actually highest during the spring months.
 4. Only crazy people commit suicide. FACT: Although most suicidal people are very unhappy, most suicidal acts are committed
by people that aren't characterized as psychotic. Thus, they are generally rational and in tough with reality. Seventy-five percent
of those who commit suicide are, however, clinically depressed.
 5. If a person committed suicide, his or her situation was probably so bad that death was the best solution. FACT: The life
circumstances of suicidal individuals, while often bad, are survived by most people in similar circumstances. The perception of a
difficult or challenging life circumstance is often more severe than the actual event.
 6. People who talk about or threaten suicide don't do it. FACT: A large percentage of people who threaten suicide carry out their
threats. Take all threats seriously.
 7. People who really want to die will find a way; it won't help to try and stop them. FACT: Most suicidal people are highly
ambivalent (unsure) about suicide. They are torn between a desire to live and a desire to die.
 8. The tendency toward suicide is inherited and passed from generation to generation. FACT: Since suicides often do run in
families, the assumption is made that suicide is inherited. However, suicide often occurs in individuals with no family history of
suicide.
 9. One should not try to discuss suicide with depressed people. It might give them the idea or upset them enough to "push them
over the edge." The best thing to do is ignore it. FACT: Suicidal people are commonly greatly relieved to be able to talk about it.
 10. The great majority of suicides are among minority groups in lower socioeconomic classes. FACT: More white, middle-class
and affluent people commit suicide. However, suicide still crosses all racial/ethnic groups and classes.

4. Kids Health Website
Unlike the majority of research we have done which has been about how to prevent suicide and how to
get help, this article is also about how to cope with loosing a teenager to suicide because a suicide
doesn't just affect the person who killed themselves but it affects the people that were connected to
that person. We have learnt form this article that a suicide can have a very large aftermath andby
helping people understand this, it may prevent people from committing suicide as they wont want to
affect their families.
http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/suicide.html
This website includes an article on Teen Suicide. The article includes:
• General information and facts about teen suicide
• Which teens are at risk for suicide
• Warning signs
• What can parents do
• How to get help
• Asking Questions
• Helping Teens help with loss
• How to cope if you loose a child to suicide
• How to prevent suicide

5. Samaritans
The Samaritans website has really helped us in our research as the aim of our documentary is going to try
and enforce to people that there is people out there that can help you and no one is ever alone. The
Samaritans website has allowed us to understand that the Samaritans will take care of people and
listen to their problems and there are a number of ways in which people can contact the Samaritans
and all for free.
http://www.samaritans.org/about-us/our-research/facts-and-figures-about-suicide
 The Samaritans offer a safe place for people to talk to any time people like about whatever their issue
is.
 They are available 24 hours a day and 365 days a years for people to talk to – so no one ever has to be
alone.
 They help people get through tough times and they don’t want anyone to feel embarrassed about
talking to them.
 They can help people explore their options, understand their options better or just be there to listen.
 They will tell people what to do or give people advice if they are feeling suicidal or if they are worried
about someone else.
 The Samaritans have a number of ways in which to contact them – people can call them at any time,
for free and on any phone on 116 123. There are 201 branches across the UK and the republican of
Ireland that people can visit and talk to the Samaritans. People can email the Samaritans at
jo@samaritans.org if they don't want to talk on the phone or face to face. Also people can write and
send a letter to the address Freepost RSRB-KKBY-CYJK, PO Box 9090, Stirling, FK8 2SA.

6. Other websites
Both the teacher vision website and the mental health website are about the statistics of suicide. The teacher
vision website includes more statistics about teenage suicide in the UK and the mental health website covers
more statistics about suicide in general in the UK. We thought that both these websites were valuable pieces
of research as it allowed us to compare statistics and it helped us to learn some true facts about teen suicide.
https://www.teachervision.com/counseling-students/teen-suicide-awareness-statistics
 This website is about the impact of suicide on today's youths with these statistics, provided by the Society for
the Prevention of Teen Suicide.
 Every year there are approximately 10 youth suicides for every 100,000 youth.
 Every there are approximately 11 youth suicides.
 Every 2 hours and 11 minutes a person under the age of 25 completes suicide.
 Suicide is the third leading cause of death for teens.
 Suicide is second leading cause of death in colleges.
 For every suicide completion, there are between 50 and 200 attempts.
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z/s/suicide
This website is just about the general statistics of suicides in the UK.
• More than 55,000 suicides occur in the European Union each year, including more than 6,000 in the UK and
Ireland.
• That figure means there is one death by suicide every two hours - and at least ten times that number attempt
suicide

7. The Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwl-Pa_QT0M – The Bridge Trailer
The documentary ‘The Bridge’ made in 2006, helped us in our research as is helped us learn that suicide is
sometimes unstoppable but it can be stopped. In our documentary we want to try and make people feel like
there are other options other than suicide.
 The Bridge is a documentary about the majestic Golden Gate Bridge, which is one of San Francisco's most
popular tourist destinations. However, it is also is a beacon to people, struggling with depression, addiction or
mental illness, who leap to their deaths into the waters of the bay.
 The Filmmaker Eric Steel documents the suicides and interviews some of the victims' grieving survivors.
 A fact about the documentary is that the filmmakers were watching for jumpers for months to get this footage
and would call the police if they saw someone who looked like they were thinking about it. They actually
managed to stop a few people.
 The movie analyses why suicide happens.
 The movie intensely explores the pain, reflections, and thoughts of family and friends who remain behind on
their lifelong journey of healing.
 The film is a series of interviews with family and friends who tell stories of those they lost to suicide and the
circumstances that played out beforehand.
 A man named Kevin is the only survivor of a jump and he describes his desire to die as “an alien” or out-of-body
experience. In a way, this film is also an out-of-body experience, as we learn what it must feel like, however
temporary, for the survivors who will exist in that place for a very long time.
 They filmed the documentary for an entire year .

8. 13 Reasons Why
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JebwYGn5Z3E – 13rw Trailer
 13 Reasons Why really helped us in the research for our documentary as it is not only about suicide
and mental illness, it also about vulnerability and redemption. By watching 13 reasons why, we learnt
that even the smallest thing you can do to a person or say to a person can affect how they feel and
make them more vulnerable to suicide. After watching 13 reasons why, we decided that we are going to
include aspects of bullying in our documentary as bullying is a massive problem with teenagers,
especially if a person is on the receiving end, and bullying is often something that can lead people to
want to commit suicide.
 As 13 Reasons Why is a very hard watch, as the very beginning of episode 1, the viewers are given a
message saying:
‘We would encourage any viewers or readers who have been affected by the content of this story to get in
touch with Samaritans, who can listen and offer confidential support 24/7. You can call Samaritans free of
charge on 116123, or find the details for your local branch at www.samaritans.org. Calls to Samaritans'
helpline do not show up on phone bills’. As Suicide is a heavy subject the audience need to be aware that
they can get help so therefore we will include the Samaritans in our documentary as we need to let the
audience be aware that they can get help if they are affected by it.
• 13 Reasons why is an American drama television series based on the 2007 novel thirteen reasons why
by Jay Asher and adapted by Brian Yorkey for Netflix.
 A 17-year-old girl, Hannah Baker, has killed herself. She leaves behind 13 sides of cassette tape, on
which she has narrated the wrongdoings of those around her. Each side concerns the actions of one of
her acquaintances; they are supposed to listen, then pass the tapes to the next person, in order to
learn what they’ve done, and so that it never has to happen again.