While the paper I read about adolescent suicide was not necessarily cheery, it was quite interesting. The differences in males and females was mostly interesting to me and rather confusing. The article said males complete suicide about 4 more times as often as females, but females attempt suicide at least 3 times as often as males. I could only guess this might have something to do with externalizing and internalizing emotions. Males are typically more aggressive and these aggressive behaviors, towards themselves or others, seems to be very cathartic for most of them by letting our aggression by physical means. Also, when something bothers them, males are known to usually just put it to the back of their mind and forget it so it doesn't bother them anymore. When upset, females tend usually keep their problems in and deal with it in other ways. When I was in high school, girls let out anger and emotions by being rather sneaky. They were more into the "mind games" mode. It reminded me alot of the movie "Mean Girls." Obviously that movie was taken to the far extreme and unrealistic, but the basic ideas that girls can deal with emotions that way is still there. However, those mind games could potentially cause some emotional damage that would probably last for a while, especially when internalized. I guess this is why femals attempt suicide more. Internalizing the mental effects of mind games is hard. The Phoebe Prince story is a good example of what can happen.