MAPEH

• Suicide


  Intentionally taking one's own life
• Parasuicide


  A suicide attempt in which a person does not intend to die, often a cry for help
• Commonly used suicide methods in the Philippines

  • Hanging, strangulation and suffocation
  • Self-poisoning (mainly ingestion of silver cleaner)
  • Exposure to other chemicals and poisonous substances
  • Drug overdose
  • Using firearms
  • Jumping from heights
  • Drowning
  • Self-cutting (among youth with major depression)
• Domestic violence


  An act that includes physical assault, sexual abuse, and verbal abuse. Behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other.
• Domestic violence includes


  • Name-calling or putdowns
  • Keeping a partner from contacting his/her family or friends
  • Withholding money/allowance or denying financial support
  • Stopping a partner from getting or keeping a job
  • Actual or threatened physical harm
  • Sexual assault
  • Stalking
  • Intimidation
• Bullying


  Unwanted, aggressive behavior that is repeated, or can be repeated, over time. Involves an imbalance of power.
• Types of bullying


  • Verbal bullying
  • Social/relational bullying
  • Physical bullying
  • Cyberbullying
• Stalking


  A pattern of behavior that makes the victim feel afraid, nervous, harassed, or in danger. Involves repeatedly contacting, following, or communicating with the victim even when they don't want it.
• Stalking behaviors


  • Knowing the victim's schedule
  • Showing up at places the victim goes
  • Sending mail, e-mail, and pictures
  • Calling or texting repeatedly
  • Contacting or posting about the victim on social media
  • Writing letters
  • Damaging the victim's property
  • Creating a website about the victim
  • Sending gifts
  • Stealing things that belong to the victim
• Extortion


  The act of using force or threats to force people to hand over their money or properties, or to do favors
• Gang and youth violence


  Groups of young people who engage in criminal activity and violence, often in conflict with other gangs
• Reasons for joining gangs

  • Need to belong and be included
  • Desire for adventure and excitement
  • Feeling protected and looked out for
• Gang members are responsible for a majority of serious crimes like extortion, theft and robbery. They are more likely to bring weapons to school.
• Illegal fraternity-related violence


  Violence associated with fraternities in campuses and universities
• Kidnapping


  Taking away or forcefully moving a person against their will and holding them in captivity, usually for a monetary reward/ransom or other benefit
• Abduction


  The use of deceit or force to take a person, especially a child, away from their home or relatives, often due to emotional reasons rather than for profit
• Acts of terror/terrorism


  The use of violence for political goals and putting the public or a great number of people in fear
• Types of acts of terror

  • State terrorism
  • Bioterrorism
  • Cyberterrorism
  • Ecoterrorism
  • Nuclear terrorism
  • Narcoterrorism
• Verbal abuse


  A form of cruelty that involves the use of words to attack, control, and cause harm on another person
• Verbal abuse is hurtful, controlling, and dangerous as it causes a gradual fading of the victim's self-confidence
• Incest


  Sexual contact between persons who are so closely related that a marriage between them is considered illegal
• Molestation


  The sexual abuse of a person (whether a child or adult) by an adult for sexual pleasure or for profit
• Forms of molestation


  • Fondling
  • Mutual masturbation
  • Sodomy
  • Coitus
  • Child pornography
  • Child prostitution
• Rape


  Forced sexual intercourse, including vaginal, anal, or oral penetration. Penetration may be by a body part or an object.
• Intentional injuries


  Injuries resulting from purposeful human action, whether directed at oneself or others, including self-inflicted and interpersonal acts of violence intended to cause harm