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Suicide has become the leading cause of death among teens ages 13 to 14," with the rate doubling between 2008 and 2018 (www.fau.edu)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Truly sucks to hear, even wilder having a general understanding why this is the case. I'd be curious to see how other age groups compare to teenagers over this time period. Also wondering how lockdown impacted the numbers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I imagine isolation during the lockdowns has been extra hard for teenagers, and just seeing the world fall apart around you probably doesn't help things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ya, pretty much my gut reaction as well. Hopefully we're both off thinking that though...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

indeed

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This is the opposite of what we want to see. How Awful and tragic.