13 Reasons Why

High school student Clay Jensen lands in the center of a series of heartbreaking mysteries set in motion by a friend's tragic suicide.

  JED

The Jed Foundation (JED) is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults, giving them the skills and support they need to thrive today…and tomorrow.

  MindWise

Affordable, evidence-based youth suicide prevention education that has demonstrated a 64% reduction in self-reported suicide attempts.

  The Trevor Project

The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning) young people.

  Hundreds of Suicidal Teens Sleep in Emergency Rooms. Every Night.

With inpatient psychiatric services in short supply, adolescents are spending days, even weeks, in hospital emergency departments awaiting the help they desperately need.

 Colleges are turning to science to limit suicide contagion and help heal campuses

It's an area of particular interest for colleges, as suicide is the second-leading cause of death for U.S. teenagers and young adults, and these are the groups most likely to experience contagion. With the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating depression and thoughts of suicide in some people, several universities have needed postvention strategies over the past year and a half.

 I Don’t Want Another Family to Lose a Child the Way We Did

The thought of suicide is terrifying, but we have to make talking about it a part of everyday life.

 Old People Died Of Covid, Young People Are Dying By Suicide. Could Connecting Them Help?

Twice as many young people in the U.S. died of suicide than of Covid. Three-quarters of Covid deaths struck people over 65. But suicide has become the leading cause of death for young people in over 100 countries – including India, says Dr. Vikram Patel, the Professor of Global Health at Harvard...

 U.S. task force raises doubts on youth suicide screening

An influential U.S. group is raising doubts about routine suicide screening for children and teens even as others call for urgent attention to youth mental health. In draft guidance posted Tuesday, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said there’s not enough evidence to recommend routinely screening kids who show no obvious signs of being suicidal.

 What Parents Can Do When Kids Have Suicidal Thoughts

New research is uncovering warning signs that might indicate whether a child is more likely to act on those thoughts.

 ‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens

Depression, self-harm and suicide are rising among American adolescents. For one 13-year-old, the despair was almost too much to take.

Are smartphones causing more teen suicides?

Increases in depression and suicide appeared among teens in 2012 – the same time smartphone ownership became the norm.

Teens are increasingly depressed, anxious, and suicidal. How can we help?

There are good research-backed solutions to prevent suicide among young people.

The Crisis in Youth Suicide

Too often, suicide attempts and deaths by suicide, especially among the young, become family secrets that are not investigated and dealt with in ways that might protect others from a similar fate.

The Soaring Rate of Suicide by Young People

Readers offer their analysis of why they are despondent and how best to help them.

A promising new clue to prevent teen suicide: empower adults who care

Teens were hospitalized for suicide. Researchers then asked them to think about the adults who cared about them.

A teenager was a suicide risk – and then the pandemic happened

Tony Luna needed help from his mental health team – but teletherapy put physical and psychological distance between him and the help he needed, upending routines he had come to rely on for security and comfort

Are Indian teenagers really committing suicide because of the Blue Whale challenge?

About a week before 15-year-old Ankan Dey’s body was found in the bathroom of his home on Aug. 12, a towel wrapped around his neck and a plastic sheet around his face, he had scribbled an English poem in his notebook. Dey had shown the poem to a close circle of friends, who recommended he show it to one of the teachers at their school in West Midnapore district. He did not.

Black kids and suicide: Why are rates so high, and so ignored?

Studies suggest that stigma about mental illness and the feeling that one will be outcast further or ignored may keep black youth from sharing their thoughts. Also, public health and mental health experts may be unaware that suicide risk factors could show up differently depending on ethnic group.

Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show

Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public.

Hospitals See Growing Numbers Of Kids And Teens At Risk For Suicide

The study found kids of all ages are affected though increases were greatest for older adolescents.

I treat teens who attempted suicide. Here’s what they told me

Suicide deaths have been rising in recent years. Thoughtful treatment is necessary.

Make Space, Listen, Offer Hope: How To Help A Child At Risk Of Suicide

It's hard work that requires parents to listen to their children, acknowledge their struggles and help them find a way out of their darkness. And in the long run, it calls for creating a home environment where kids feel safe sharing their emotional lives and where families solve problems together.

More High Schoolers Felt Hopeless Or Suicidal During Pandemic As Mental Health Crisis Intensified, CDC Finds

The Covid-19 pandemic had a “devastating” effect on mental health problems that were already widespread by 2019, exacerbated by popular media that undermine youth’s feelings of self-worth by telling them they are not attractive, popular or wealthy enough,...

Such a waste

FOR half a century, America's young people have been felled by a seemingly unlikely killer: themselves.

Suicide isn’t just an older man’s problem

This increasing trend is particularly evident among young women, including those under the age of 14. The number of suicides by young women in this age group now exceeds that of young men. Rates of suicide among Indigenous young people are significantly higher than among non-Indigenous youth, and these too are increasing.

Suicide Rates Rise in a Generation of Black Youth

Multiple causes underlie a disturbing trend. The increase for girls is more than double that for boys.

Teen suicide is on the rise and this is why

Why are so many teenagers taking their own life? One factor is what I call “toxic socialization” — a process of physical or emotional childhood and adolescent abuse. Those who grow up in toxic environments are up to 12 times more likely to experience addiction, depression and to try to commit suicide.

Teen suicide prevention during COVID-19: How parents and kids can have honest and safe conversations

For each suicide, many more teens think about suicide or attempt suicide. Our research shows that before age 21, about 22 per cent of adolescents claim to have thought about it, 10 per cent have had serious thoughts and seven per cent have attempted suicide. While the probability of death remains low, the likelihood of ideation (considering or wanting to end one’s own life) or attempts is common.

Teenagers in prison have a shockingly high suicide rate

On any given day in 2012, there were about 2,400 teenagers serving time in adult state or federal prisons. And those teenagers were more likely to commit suicide than were inmates from any other age group.

The Growing Risk of Suicide in Rural America

Young people in the countryside have more guns, fewer doctors, and are more isolated than their urban counterparts—and a new study says they're killing themselves in greater numbers.

The Risk Of Teen Depression And Suicide Is Linked To Smartphone Use, Study Says

A new study found that teenagers are increasingly depressed, feel hopeless and are more likely to consider suicide. Researchers found a sudden increase in teens' symptoms of depression, suicide risk factors and suicide rates in 2012 — around the time when smartphones became popular, says Jean Twenge, one of the authors of the study.

The Silicon Valley Suicides

Why are so many kids with bright prospects killing themselves in Palo Alto?

What should really scare parents about Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” isn’t the teenage suicide

While some viewers are utterly aghast at the show’s graphic and occasionally cavalier treatment of suicide, others praise its sharp exposé of teenage pain and declare it a “must-see” for young people.

What You Need to Know About Youth Suicide

Suicidal thoughts are common among teens and young adults. In fact, about 11% of young adults (ages 18-25) report that they’ve had serious thoughts about suicide, and about 1–2% report a suicide attempt during the prior year.

Why do teens engage in self-harm? Clinical psychologists explain how to help teens reduce their emotional distress

Emotions are tricky things. They allow for humans to fall in love, wage war and, as it turns out, engage in self-harm.

With Teen Suicide Rates Soaring, Some High School Athletes Focus on Mental Health

Even at the youth level, there is a lot of talk about being mentally tough as an athlete -- though the conversation about what that means may be changing.

Young people are poisoning themselves at alarming rates with over-the-counter drugs

There’s been a dramatic uptick in self-poisonings, particularly among girls and young women. There are ways to help.