Citation

Lester D. Am. Behav. Sci. 2003; 46(9): 1157-1170.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0002764202250659

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A review of international suicide rates indicates that although youth suicide rates are high, they are lower than rates for the elderly, have increased less dramatically in recent decades, and are higher for boys than for girls. It is argued that the increases in adolescent suicide rates that have occurred in some nations are a result of improved quality of life for adolescents, a factor that leads young people to blame themselves for failure.