I am glad so many are seriously considering suicides in school-aged children as more than just about "mental health."
Recognizing that school may be a factor in youth suicide is very important.
Here's 1999-2019 in America, prior to COVID.
Source: @CDCgov
Recognizing that school may be a factor in youth suicide is very important.
Here's 1999-2019 in America, prior to COVID.
Source: @CDCgov
Let's make sure we don't pretend that we will solve the problem of youth suicide by "getting back to normal."
We will all need to continue to focus, on a national level, to our children's wellbeing and work to remove stresses, barriers, stigmas, and structural inequalities.
We will all need to continue to focus, on a national level, to our children's wellbeing and work to remove stresses, barriers, stigmas, and structural inequalities.
As any person who works with kids in an emergency department, mental health centre, crisis call centre, or psychology/psychiatry department will tell you, school and its surrounding stressors are a MAJOR CAUSE of youth distress.
((and yes, the pattern is only seen in kids))
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