New research points to feelings of failure, hopelessness, loneliness and sadness as some of the potential reasons Black young people are considering or carrying out suicide at unprecedented rates.
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Youth suicides in the US have increased by around 50% over the past decade – gun availability is a big part of that trend.
Nearly all suicide-loss survivors experience guilt, wondering what they could have done to prevent it. But despite decades of research, experts struggle to identify risk factors and predict suicide.
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Mississippi State University
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, University of Chicago
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Professor of Social Work, University of Kentucky
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Professor of Health Sciences and Epidemiology, Northeastern University
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Director of Research, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
