MYTH: Students who are suicidal want to die, so it may be tough to change their minds. FACT: Thinking about or attempting suicide is often not about wanting to die, but about having to end ...
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Teen grief is real
“I’m going to move on.” Too often teens will tell adults these words after they lose a friend to suicide. But youths often hide their true emotions from others, and may find it difficult to ...
Youth suicide contagion
Nowhere is the influence of peer behaviors on youngsters more alarming—and life-threatening—than youth suicide, and the potential for imitative deaths that can give rise to contagion. Recent ...