SUICIDE
rates soar
among teens
& young adults.
Why?
and what can we do about it?
Suicide is now the second leading cause of death among tweens, teens and young adults. Even before the pandemic, between 2009 and 2020 the number of high school students who reported feeling sad or hopeless increased by 40%, and suicide rates for people ages 10 to 24 increased by 56% between 2000 and 2018. Read Ozy's "Elevate the Conversation" to find out why? and what we can do about it."