Introduction
People with a tendency toward suicidal ideation represent one of the largest high-risk populations because thoughts of death affect a high percentage of humans at least once during their lifetime. When it is only a transitory thought, it does not impact the given personās life, but suicide-related plans represent a real threat that has to be addressed with the help of guided assistance. As a high-risk population, people thinking about suicide tend to expose themselves to threatening events more often. Nevertheless, it may be safe to say that death is not always the primary factor in individuals with intense suicidal ideation (Lewitzka et al., 2019).
The willingness to end the pain and find at least one solution to a subjective conundrum pushes people even closer to suicide. The feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness start affecting them to an extent where they become completely immobilized.
Accordingly, the number of potential suicide killings snowballs due to many people not taking the issue seriously. Although the lack of proof on how talking about suicide leads to the given person considering suicide, it is essential to overcome the barriers in interpersonal communication and make sure that no signs of suicidal behaviors get reiterated (Wolitzky-Taylor et al., 2020). In order to find out if the person belongs to this high-risk population, closer contact has to be developed to aid the potential victims of suicide in finding help and altering their overall attitude toward suicide. There is also a need to address this cohort of individuals because of the prevalence of medical conditions leading to suicidal behaviors.
Child Abuse
Child abuse is another problematic concept that uncovers the worst social issues due to families and children suffering from the unexpected consequences of long-term exposure to abuse as a whole. From outright brain damage to impaired immune and nervous systems development, children could experience a myriad of health problems affecting them during adulthood. The risks associated with mental and physical health are too durable to be ignored because of the presence of conditions that can be linked to child abuse exclusively, such as teenage obesity, depression, substance abuse, smoking, and promiscuity (Lippard & Nemeroff, 2020).
Therefore, child abuse is a background factor that can cause cancer, heart disease, and suicidal ideation in adults. Even the educational sector could be affected by child abuse since prolonged exposure to violence could avert students from graduating from school.
The notion of maltreatment goes hand in hand with the economic cost of hospitalization, treatment, and welfare because most expenses represent long-term investments. The unpredictable outcomes of child abuse make it harder for different organizations to create a network of parent and caregiver support where children could be nurtured and provided with opportunities to learn new skills and access necessary information (Kimber et al., 2017).
Thus, a certain level of violence associated with child abuse could cause even more violence committed by the victims of maltreatment due to them not having the resilience to overcome the effects of their past trauma. Also, this high-risk population represents one of the areas that are the least supported by law enforcement agencies across the country since the number of cases of abuse and exploitation does not reduce at a reasonable pace.
Respective Agencies
The Foundation for Suicide Prevention is one of the most renowned organizations globally that possesses the resources to fund mental health care and treat substance misuse in people affected by suicidal behaviors. The essential task of the organization is to establish as many crisis hotlines as possible and share other sources of aid with the people in need to help individuals escape self-harm thoughts and replace them with positive thinking (Davidson et al., 2020).
Therefore, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and other psychiatric conditions are approached with all seriousness in the Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Another significant player in the area is the National Institute of Mental Health. This organization conveys various information regarding suicide prevention and mental illnesses to mitigate risk factors related to suicidal behaviors (Bridge et al., 2018). People have to realize that there is a relatively thin line between mental health issues and suicide.
Speaking of child abuse, the primary organization of choice is the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. The scope of this nonprofit association is to make sure that both children and responsible professionals are going to connect and help the former attain enough assistance from the government or any other body that could reduce the number of cases of child abuse (Taylor et al., 2017).
Knowing that children are a momentously under-served population, maintaining the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children is a crucial task that cannot be disregarded. The Center for the Study of Social Policy possesses the power to develop and deploy public policies related to child abuse prevention. This organization attempts to implement as many early childhood programs as possible and attain a reduced incidence of neglect and abuse (Hollinshead et al., 2017). Without these organizations, it would be almost impossible to share resources with the families in need and ensure peer support.
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