Teen Suicide Facts
People do not hear much about youth suicide that is why the Jason Foundation calls it a silent epidemic because it does not appear on peoples radar as a problem. In the USA teen suicide is the second leading cause of death for college aged youth and for kids ranging from the ages of 15-19. Each week the US loses approximately 100+ people to youth suicide, also according to the NMHA, four out of five people who attempt suicide have given clear warnings, which is why the Jason Foundation has brought awareness to those warnings by giving teens and adults the Promise Program Card.
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Famous quotes containing the words teen, suicide and/or facts:
“Children ... after a certain age do not welcome parental advice. Occasionally, they may listen to another adult, which is why perhaps people should switch children with their neighbors and friends for a while in the teen years!”
—Marian Wright Edelman (20th century)
“Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadn’t had an audience, and lines to speak?”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)
““It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognise out of a number of facts which are incidental and which are vital.... I would call your attention to the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”
“The dog did nothing in the night-time.”
“That was the curious incident.””
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)