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’13 Reasons Why’ linked to uptick in US adolescent suicides: study

30.05.2019 Health Problems

A new study about “13 Reasons Why,” which follows the story of a high school girl who takes her own life, found that suicides among US youths rose significantly in the months following the popular Netflix show’s release. The paper, which was published in JAMA Psychiatry on Wednesday, estimated a 13 percent spike in suicides among 10 to 19-year-olds between […]

As US suicides rates rise, Latinos show relative immunity

17.10.2018 Health Problems

The young man held the medication in his hand—and considered using it to end his life. But then he “put it down and said, ‘No. I need help,’” before heading to a Laredo, Texas, emergency room, said Kimberly Gallegos, who at the time earlier this year was a mobile crisis worker for a local mental health center. Gallegos was helping […]