Citation

Calhoun A, Martin A. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1016/j.jaac.2021.10.012

PMID

34710567

Abstract

As we sat down to review Sheftall et al., we came across a chilling report in the venerable Times: “US suicides declined overall in 2020 but may have risen among people of color.” The synchronicity would have been noteworthy, had the two reports not been so tragic. The pathos of the newspaper story was how painfully familiar it was, how heartbreakingly unsurprising, how sadly it rang true. This issue of the Journal includes the largest epidemiological study on Black adolescent suicide published to date. The article by Sheftall et al.1 provides reliable, granular, and actionable information about this major public health challenge.

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