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Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023

Almost a Third of High-School Girls Considered Suicide in 2021

Author:     JAMIE DUCHARME
Source:     Time Magazine
Publication Date:     MAY 1, 2023 | 1:37 PM EDT
 Link: Almost a Third of High-School Girls Considered Suicide in 2021
Stephan:  

We are by every calculation I can make in a severe and not properly acknowledged crisis about our young. They are faced with the MAGAt culture war, the recommitment in Red states to male dominance such that women do not have control over their own bodies, enforced heterosexuality, and the fact that you can get murdered going to school, church, or the movies to name just a few of the major trends a young person, particularly a young girl, faces today. In my opinion, this is happening because we are not a nation whose principal social priority is fostering wellbeing. Instead, we have substituted greed, power, and profit. And this is one of the costs.

Nearly a third of female high-school students said they had considered suicide in 2021, a significant increase since 2019 and a strong signal that teenagers need better and broader mental-health support, according to recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

For years, researchers have tracked a concerning dip in the mental health of America’s teen girls. In 2021, nearly 60% of U.S. teenage girls said they felt sad or hopeless—the highest number in a decade, and roughly double the one reported among teenage boys that year. But the problem predates the pandemic. Depression has become more common among young people over the past decade, and in 2015, after years of increases, the suicide rate among teenage girls hit a 40-year high.

Historically, men have died by suicide in greater numbers than women. That’s still true. But the CDC’s latest data, which are based on its regular Youth Risk Behavior Survey, show that suicidal thinking and behavior are more […]

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