September is National Suicide Prevention month and in today's episode of Psych Talk I discuss youth suicide. I start the episode by briefly discussion National Suicide Prevention Month and World Suicide Prevention Day. I then provide some statistics on youth suicidal behavior and deaths in the United States, spending additional discussion on certain subgroups of youth who are at increased risk. I then discuss the rising trend of youth suicide, as well as risk factors, protective factors, and warning signs. I then end the episode by discussing what we can do to help reduce youth suicide.
Sources:
s://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/su7304a9.htm
https://jedfoundation.org/mental-health-and-suicide-statistics/
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/youth-suicide-is-on-the-rise-yale-aims-to-save-lives/
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/05/youth-suicide-rates-rose-62percent-from-2007-to-2021.html
https://reportingonsuicide.org/
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