Suicide Attempts Among Youth Double in One Decade

The number of U.S. children and adolescents admitted to hospitals for attempts or thoughts of suicide has surged in the U.S. over the past decade. Researchers looking at 31 hospitals around the country found 35,000 suicide-related admissions of children between 2008 and 2011. When they looked at admissions for thoughts or attempts at suicide between 2012 and 2015, they found that number had more than doubled to 80,000 admissions. Nearly two-thirds of those were girls. The...

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