Why youth suicide is becoming more frequent—and how some in society are working to heal the underlying problems, writes StephenWallace
Communities: Barriers to health care, cultural and religious beliefs, such as a belief that suicide is a noble resolution of a personal problem, and suicide clusters in the community
Societal: Stigma associated with mental illness or help-seeking, easy access to lethal means among people at risk, firearms and medications, and unsafe media portrayals of suicide Perhaps most frightening, the suicide rate among persons aged 10 to 24 was stable from 2000 to 2007, and then increased 56 percent between 2007 and 2017 .
In 2021, Dr. Vivek Murthy released a Surgeon General’s Advisory that spotlights the urgent need for a “swift and coordinated response” to the country’s youth mental health emergency. Of this crisis, he said, “Mental health challenges in children, adolescents, and young adults are real and widespread. Even before the pandemic, an alarming number of young people struggled with feelings of helplessness, depression, and thoughts of suicide—and rates have increased over the past decade.
Fortunately, Texas and Montana are not the only states focusing on student mental health and risk reduction. In Michigan, for example, teachers and schools are working overtime on initiatives to help kids feel more connected. Of that approach, writer Eleanore Catolico says, “Teachers have been trained in the subjects they teach, but not in ways of helping students control their emotions or rewrite the stories they tell themselves.
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