When it comes to teens, suicide by guns has dropped significant while the difference in deaths between girls and boys has increased. Looking at statistics and

When it comes to teens, suicide by guns has dropped significant while the difference in deaths between girls and boys has increased. Looking at statistics and research here in Sweden where gun ownership by families with children is rather low, the explanation is more focused on difference in how depression express itself different in boys compared to girls and how adults in the near environment respond to that, difference in the rate that boys reach out to adults for help, and alcohol as self-medication.