{"id":83032,"date":"2019-06-25T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=83032"},"modified":"2019-06-25T06:18:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T10:18:10","slug":"la-times-suicide-rates-for-u-s-teens-and-young-adults-are-the-highest-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=83032","title":{"rendered":"(LA Times) Suicide rates for U.S. teens and young adults are the highest on record"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The CDC has noted that in 2017, suicide rates in the country\u2019s most rural counties were 80% higher than they were in large metropolitan counties. While the evolving epidemic of opioid addiction and death has begun to infect the nation\u2019s cities, it first took root in rural, largely white populations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Across the country, rising rates of suicide, fatal drug overdoses and deaths due to alcohol abuse have collectively driven up the average American\u2019s probability of dying at any age. In recent years, these so-called \u201cdeaths of despair\u201d<\/a> have also reduced the average life expectancy of Americans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Suicide is now thought to be the second leading cause of death for Americans between 10 and 34.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI don’t think it is an exaggeration at all to say that we have a mental health crisis among adolescents in the U.S.<\/b>,\u201d said San Diego State University psychologist Jean Twenge<\/a>, whose research focuses on generational differences in emotional well-being.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a> (my emphasis).<\/p>\n

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The rate at which young Americans took their own lives reached a high-water mark in 2017, driven by a sharp rise in suicides among older teenage boys, according to new research. https:\/\/t.co\/R5CMYJguqG<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n