Does Bad News about Suicide Beget Bad News?

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Among American adolescents between 15 and 19 years of age, suicide is the second most important cause of death, resulting in almost 1700 lives lost each year. In 1983, the latest year for which national data are available, the mortality rate from suicide among males in this age group (14.0 per 100,000) was second only to that from accidents; the much lower mortality rate from suicide among female adolescents (3.2 per 100,000) was surpassed by the rates from accidents, homicides, and cancer (National Center for Health Statistics: unpublished data). Between 1950 and 1977, the suicide rates for 15-to-19-year-olds rose precipitously: . . .

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