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Suicide attempts among adolescent girls surged by more than 50% during pandemic
- 7373737373 5y ago> CDC says SHOW > according to CDC data. ME > The study (4x) THE > according to new data GODDAMN > a study released Friday SOURCE > the CDC said (2x) DATA > according to the CDC at least link to the study you reference a thousand times. This article would also be much more informative if it included absolute numbers as well. On a related note, the mental health system is overwhelmed.
- CamelCaseName 5y agohttps://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7024e1.htm?s_cid=mm7024e1_w https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7024e1.htm?s_cid=mm...
- kradeelav 5y agoTragic. My heart goes out to all the parents affected; the sense of loss of control on top of everything else can't be easy, at the risk of a tasteless understatement. I'd love to see more data given I remember there was a lot of news articles(1) in the vein of 'we expected more of a suicide surge in COVID across all demographics... but we didn't?' and then a few weeks later, this article pops up. Either this demographic (and possibly others) was disproportionately affected, or something's fishy about data. (2) https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-didnt-suicides-rise-during-covid/ https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-didnt-suicides-rise-dur... SSC weighs into this topic.