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This report (the CDC report) is far more balanced than the dramatic 'article' linked, which uses other media sources to justify its position. The discussion se
by forbiddenvoid 5y ago
This report (the CDC report) is far more balanced than the dramatic 'article' linked, which uses other media sources to justify its position.
The discussion section at the bottom is particularly interesting, because it summarizes several hypotheses that might explain the cause of this increase.
Most interesting to me is the premise that it's possible that increased exposure to their children might be increasing parents' awareness of their children's behavior. Which makes it more interesting to me that more girls are brought to the hospital for suspected suicide attempts than boys.
- rossdavidh 5y agoAll true. I should point out, however, that there is also the chance of a larger-than-normal percentage of suicide attempts _not_ resulting in a trip to the hospital, out of paranoid fear of infection from covid-19 if you go there. I have no great ideas on how one would estimate any of these.