Youth Today
All posts tagged "teen mental health"
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807OpinionTeen girls are facing an increased risk of suicide − and stress related to sexual identity might be contributing to it
LGBQ teen girls reported much higher rates of thinking about, planning and attempting suicide.
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880NewsNew York closed psych beds for youth in crisis. Now, foster care programs and host towns are being pushed to the limit.
Kids with acute mental health challenges are on campuses ill-equipped to handle them safely.
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944NewsInstagram and Facebook are adding more parental controls. Critics say they aren’t enough
Many of the features require minors — and their parents — to opt in.
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1.2KNewsSchool counselors sound cry for help after Buffalo shooting
For many schools, last weekend's shooting rampage in Buffalo, carried out by an 18-year-old who had been flagged for making a threatening...
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1.4KNews‘From crisis to death’: Probing teen’s last, desperate hours
Y'all here to protect me," the youth asked the officers, beseechingly. "Right?" The 17-year-old's foster father, unable to deal with a teen...
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1.4KNewsGeorgia lawmakers push for suicide prevention efforts in schools
As of November, 67 Georgia children had taken their own lives, according to data obtained from the state Bureau of Investigation under...
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1.9K► NewsmakersRebecca Benghiat appointed president and COO of the Jed Foundation
Rebecca Benghiat has been chosen to lead the youth mental health and suicide prevention nonprofit, The Jed Foundation (JED), as its president...
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2.0K► ReportsAll Black Lives Matter: Mental Health of Black LGBTQ Youth
The Trevor Project uses data collected from a national survey of over 2,500 Black LGBTQ youth to provide a comprehensive look at...
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3.1K► ReportsState Suicide Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults: 2000–2018
The CDC releases a new worrying report showing recent significant increases in youth suicide rates in at least 42 states.
