Causes and Effects of the Rising of Teen Suicide Rate Great attentions have been paid to the dramatic rise in teen suicide rate in China this century, which is displayed by a recent research, arousing a heated debate about the causes and effects of the heart-wrenching fact. The reason why a person decide to give up his or her own life could be various, especially when the person in the case is a teenager. However, when frequency of teenagers’ committing suicide rises, there must be some general contributory factors. First of all, there is no deny that teenagers are exposed to more and more pressure and stress in this competitive and fast-paced society. Due to the exam-orientated education system in China, teenagers have to endure the suffering of heavy burden of schoolwork. Furthermore, peer pressure can always be empowered by the wrong information given by their school and parents that bright future will be out of the question for those who cannot achieve outstanding performance and leads to the thought of suicide for teenagers. Besides, there are also many cases linked to abuses from parents or bullying occurring at school. This problem of violence results in severe injuries both physically and mentally and if nobody steps in, it triggers thoughts of suicide as they feel alone and isolated from the rest of the world. The increasing parental divorce is another reason why problems begin to occur. When a beloved parent permanently leaves the household, it generates feelings of abandonment. Trapped in a chronic statement without any emotional outlet or professional help, they might start to believe the only option is suicide. People always said that there is hope if you are alive, but more and more teenagers who have just experienced very little part of their lifetime will never have any chance or hope as soon as they put an end on their own life. Every individual tragedy of suicide will definitely leave their families and friends with nothing but suffering and hurt perhaps lasing through rest of their lives. What’s worse, the rise of suicide rate is like a negative circle, for those who around the suicide victims are very likely to get influenced and be under a negative emotions To sum up, increasing stress, violence, divorce rate together with the little care of teenagers’ mental condition could lead to the rise of teen suicide, the effect of which is devastating to both individual and society. This issue needs taking care of with no delay. Hope the rate could show a trend of going down before long.