Human Growth and Development / Unit 9 HGD 1215 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Self-Harm and Suicide
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The idea
Self-harm is deliberate physical self-injury, nonsuicidal or suicidal; suicide is the second leading cause of death at ages ten to twenty-four.
In practice
In twenty twenty-three, about one in five US high-school students seriously considered suicide and about one in ten attempted it.
Where people slip
Risk is higher for girls, LGBTQ+ youth and those abused or neglected in childhood.
Your place on the trail
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