Citation

Barczyk AN, Piper K, Duzinski SV, Lawson KA. Community Ment. Health J. 2019; 55(5): 798-803.

Affiliation

Dell Children's Trauma and Injury Research Center, 4900 Mueller Blvd, Austin, TX, 78723, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-019-00386-9

PMID

30847734

Abstract

Self-directed violence including suicide and suicide attempts are a serious public health issue (Crosby et al. 2011; Eaton et al. 2012; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 2011; Shaffer et al. 2001; Texas Department of State Health Services 2011, 2012). One major concern is that suicide rates continue to increase in the United States. Age-adjusted suicide rates for individuals 10–74 years of age grew from 10.5 per 100,000 in 1999 to 13.0 per 100,000 in 2014, a 24% increase. Females aged 10–14 years old experienced the largest percent increase of 200% during the same time period. Males aged 10–14 years old experienced a 37% increase from 1999 to 2014 (Curtin et al. 2016).

Suicide was the second leading cause of death (18.6%) in youth aged 10–18 years in 2014 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Suicide rates for females, age ranges 10–14 years and 15–24 years, were 1.5 per 100,000 and 4.6 per 100,000 respectively in 2014. Male suicide rates were...

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