Rx for the Suicide Epidemic.

Stupple, Donna-Marie

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ERIC Number: EJ347030

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Rx for the Suicide Epidemic.

Stupple, Donna-Marie

English Journal, v76 n1 p64-68 Jan 1987

Discusses the gradual rise in teenage suicides since the 1950s, and offers some pointers for using writing (with "Romeo and Juliet" as source literature) as a basis for group discussion. Adds that suicide is a theme and a reality that can be addressed in the English classroom. (NKA)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances, English Instruction, Literature, Secondary Education, Social Influences, Stress Management, Student Alienation, Student Attitudes, Student School Relationship, Suicide, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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