The suicide rate in the United States continues to rise each year. With numbers increasing significantly, suicide is a serious health issue that needs to be addressed. In 2010, suicide accounted for nearly 38,364 deaths in the United States, a 16% increase from 1999 (Caine, 2013). Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in our country, but more specifically it ranks as the third leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States. More attempts are being made to understand the underlying cause of youth suicide as the number of deaths continues to rise. Many risk factors are associated with teen suicide, but one that is emerging more and more aggressively today is bullying. Research and reports have found that bullying is a stressor that significantly increases adolescent suicide rates (Litwiller & Brausch, 2013). The goal of this article is to discuss the reasons why bullying leads to teen suicide, the different forms of bullying related to it, and ways to solve this important problem. Bullies are individuals who try to gain a dominant position by using aggressive behavior towards others. Bullying can vary between physical, verbal, social (rumour-mongering) and cyber forms. Physical, verbal and social bullying are all considered traditional forms of bullying, while cyberbullying is a newer form that is rapidly gaining popularity thanks to constant advances in technology. All of these forms can lead to increased suicide rates among adolescents, but some are at higher risk than others. Researchers Bauman, Toomey, and Walker (2013) used a risk-behavior survey of 1,491 high school students to find a gender difference between traditional bullying and... middle of paper ... ...IS, & Gould, M. S. (2007). Bullying, depression and suicide in adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46(1), 40-49. Retrieved from the ERIC database. (0890-8567) Litwiller, B. J., & Brausch, A. M. (2013). Cyberbullying and physical bullying in adolescent suicide: The role of violent behavior and substance use. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42(5), 675-684. doi:10.1007/s10964-013-9925-5Wang, J., Iannotti, R. J., & Nansel, T. R. (2009). School bullying among adolescents in the United States: Physical, verbal, relational, and cyber. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45(4), 368-375. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.021Zirkel, Pennsylvania (2013). Bullying and suicidal behavior by public school students: A fatal combination. Journal of Law and Education, 42(4), 634-643. Retrieved from the Education Research Complete database. (633-652)