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Fajr Posted 21 years ago
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00Can you help me please? 02br
00Our tutor asks us to read any article, and then we have to describe and evaluate the form. 02br
00My problems I don't know how to describe and evaluate either the form or content. 02br
00Can you give me some ideas or suggestion please? 02br
00I have submitted it on Sunday. For that reason I need your help. 02br
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00Thanks 02br
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00This is the article which I have to describe and evaluate its form: 02br
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00CAUSES OF SUICIDE 02br
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00The usual method of studying causes of suicide is through a "psychological postmortem", in which information used to establish a profile of the dead person is gathered from several sources about the individual's background and the events leading up to the suicide. 02br
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00METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN STUDYING CAUSES 02br
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00There are many problems encountered in attempting to study the causes of suicide: 02br
00•Information has to be gleaned months or years after the suicide has occurred and may therefore be inadequate and inaccurate. 02br
00•The difficulty of using parents or siblings as informants because it is likely to be distressing for parents to answer questions about their dead son or daughter. 02br
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00BACKGROUND FACTORS 02br
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00Family Background 02br
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00Broken homes 02br
00It is well established that adults who kill themselves often come from broken homes or unhappy families. Family disruption, by death, separation, or divorce, is common among young suicides. Moreover, the prevalence of suicide is related to the degree of geographical mobility and family disruption found in these societies. For example, the lowest suicide rate was found in North Sudan, where there was a structure of close Moslem family units; on the other hand, the highest suicide rate was found in the Indian reservation where there was a lack of family stability. 02br
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00Family History of Psychiatric Disorder and Suicidal Behavior 02br
00Psychiatric disorder in family members might contribute to a young person's suicide in any one of several ways. First, there may be a genetic predisposition to depression or other serious mental disorders. Second, living with depressed relatives may mean that the young person lacks affections and feels rejected. Third, a depressive disorder in a parent or older sibling might serve as a model for the individual, encouraging the adoption of a morbid or hopeless attitude. Finally, an adolescent may find it intolerable living with a parent or sibling with a major psychiatric disorder. 02br
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00Psychiatric Disorders 02br
00Depression, excessive fears or school refuse 02br
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00Physical Disorders 02br
00Although several studies have suggested that only rarely a major contributory factor in adolescent suicide attempters have problems with their physical health such as asthma, fits and tonsillitis. 02br
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00Previous Suicide Attempts 02br
00Anyone who has made a previous attempt at harming himself or herself is always considered at high risk of another attempt. The previous attempts are more common among females than males. 02br
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00Intellectual Level 02br
00There has been very little investigation of the intelligence of children and adolescents who commit suicide. The appraisal of the hopelessness of a situation by young people and the planning of a fatal attempt may require considerable intellectual ability. 02br
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00WHY HAS SUICIDE BECOME MORE COMMON AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE? 02br
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00Changes in the Social Environment 02br
00There is no doubt that the social environment of young people has undergone vast changes during the past three decades. One change has been a reduction in family ties. Loss of family supports is becoming more common and often occurs at an early age. 02br
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00Greater Acceptability of Suicide as an Option 02br
00A further factor that might have influenced attitudes to suicide is the increasingly free discussion of the topic in the media. People who have entertained suicidal ideas, which are common among young people, but who would not normally have carried out a suicidal act, may be encouraged to act on these ideas because of the media reports. 02br
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00Increased Use of Medication and Drugs 02br
00Increased prescribing of psychotropic medicines might contribute to an increase in suicide because of the resulting relatively low thresholds to taking drugs to deal with stress. 02br
00Drug abuse among the young has also become very much more common in recent years. This has contributed to the increase in suicidal deaths, because of two factors. The first is that drug addiction often leads to social disintegration and depression. The second is that deaths from overdoses involving illicit drugs are common. 0-
  

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0Hello fajr, and welcome to English Forums. 02br 02br 00Since I have not attended your teacher's classes, I am not sure what ideas about 'form' s/he has been teaching. 02br 02br 00On the one hand there are the forms of 'narrative', 'expository', 'opinion', etc.

  • 0Hello fajr, and welcome to English Forums.
  • 02br 02br 00Since I have not attended your teacher's classes, I am not sure what ideas about 'form' s/he has been teaching.
  • 02br 02br 00On the one hand there are the forms of 'narrative', 'expository', 'opinion', etc.
  • On the other hand, there are such forms as outline, linear, comparison, etc.
  • 02br 02br 00This paper is an exposition on 'studying suicides' and uses a rather tabular form of caption-and-explanation for the various subtopics.
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0Hello fajr, and welcome to English Forums. 02br
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00Since I have not attended your teacher's classes, I am not sure what ideas about 'form' s/he has been teaching. 02br
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00On the one hand there are the forms of 'narrative', 'expository', 'opinion', etc. On the other hand, there are such forms as outline, linear, comparison, etc. 02br
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