Bullying Leads to Depression and Suicide

Running head: HEALTH
Bullying Leads to Depression and Suicide
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Profile of the main characters..........................................................................................................2
The report.........................................................................................................................................2
Identification of the mode of the practice to be applied to the given scenario................................3
Theoretical ideas..............................................................................................................................3
Main issues to work on....................................................................................................................4
Motivation........................................................................................................................................5
Resources available and required for future interventions..............................................................5
Strengths and the potential barriers to wellbeing............................................................................6
Challenges and the opportunities to resolving the problems...........................................................6
Possible future directions for the work............................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
Reference.........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Depression and bullying are all related and it is often seen that bullying affects both the
victim and the one that is bullying. Depression has a wide variety of serious effects on a person's
life. The link between depression and bullying has different other problems like physical illness,
high rates of absence from school, anxiety and low self-esteem (Espelage & Holt, 2013). The
case considered for the study stats that bullying among the teenagers leads to depression which
later results in committing suicide. Reporter Patrick Abboud has made a special investigation on
a 12-year-old girl and her experiences of bullying.
Profile of the main characters
The vital or the main characters in the study are Tayla who is the victim of bullying in her
school. The next character that is mentioned in the report is the Principal of Essendon Keilor
College Heather Hawkins. New South Wales mother Melinda Tolhurst is also mentioned in the
report (NewsComAu, 2018).
The report
The report talks about a 12-year-old girl who is a victim of bullying. Tayla has been a major
victim of bullying in her school and she has experienced bullying in such a way that she went a
depression and wanted to commit suicide in order to end to end the misery. Tayla’s mother asked
for help from the school authorities several times but still, Tayla experienced bullying in school
(NewsComAu, 2018).