Talk:Youth suicide

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Anyone wanting to make a positive contribution to this page is warmly invited to do so. There is a definite over representation due to my experience of suicide contagion. Perhaps others would be able to add other relevant material...I am very committed to PostVention support as research suggests it may be one of the easiest and most effective preventions if managed well. The Head High and SunnyKids websites I refer to are rudimentary...however the ourcomes of these groups works have saved lives, so I would think we are all interested in that, as well as other practioners experiences. Please assist to develop this resource into a very helpful and positive place to be.

Cheers.

Thanks Natgertler, your assistance was very much appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Need Peace (talk • contribs) 15:42, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

It would be erronious to merge this with Suicide. The issues, impacts etc warrant a seperate page. Whilst this page currently remains rudimentary it could be greatly improved with examples/modalities of successful interventions in various countries. Need Peace — Preceding unsigned comment added by Need Peace (talk • contribs) 19:17, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Where are the statistics? How many youth suicides occur in the different age-groups and various countries and how many total youth are in each age-group? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.88.5.219 (talk) 04:03, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

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Planned Improvements

My group partner and I are working on improving a Wikipedia page for a class. We are planning to make the following changes.

• Editing the intro to make it a little more general.
• Creating an epidemiology section with some of the current info in the intro included here.
• Add a subsection about sexual minorities under the contagion section.
• Add a table containing global rates of youth suicide.
• Some rewording to help clarity.
• Expand upon the prevention section if we have time.

BananaPorcupine (talk) 20:17, 7 November 2017 (UTC)BananaPorcupine

I would be careful of how you expand the Prevention section; this should not be a How To. --Nat Gertler (talk) 23:37, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Do you think this would be appropriate? "According to the Mayo Clinic, the following list contains possible teen suicide warning signs.

• Talking or writing about suicide.
• Withdrawing from social contact.
• Mood swings.
• Increased use of alcohol or drugs.
• Feeling trapped or hopeless.
• Changing normal routine, including eating and sleeping patterns.
• Participating in risky or self-destructive activities.
• Giving away treasured belongings.
• Personality changes."

--BananaPorcupine (talk) 23:19, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

I'd rephrase it slightly ("possible teen suicide warning signs include:"), but conceptually it should be fine. It's more "if your teen is suicidal, you should..." type stuff that we need to avoid. --Nat Gertler (talk) 23:22, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! --BananaPorcupine (talk) 17:13, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

References

Recent changes to Youth Suicide page

I recently made small grammatical changes and left comments calling for additional content and citations Agunderson (talk) 21:12, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Section on Minority Youth

There is a section on sexual minority youth, but there is no section on the distinct risks and suicide rates of minority youth. This section should be added.Breeze04 (talk) 03:56, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Translated to Simple English...

Hello all, I have just tranlsated (part of) this page into Simple English. I think the subject is important. It is vital to give helpful information. But I also have to say that I am not a medical professional, so I don't know what the focus should be. From what I know though, that many of those who survive suicide attempts spend the rest of their lives crippled. So, if the interest is there, please take a look at the Simple English version, and improve it if necessary. Eptalon (talk) 15:25, 1 August 2023 (UTC)