CDC reports a 51% rise in suicide attempts in teenage girls during pandemic compared to a 4% rise in boys
New CDC study found weekly visits to the emergency department for suspected suicide attempts by teenage girls rose 50.6 percent from 2019 to 2021
The study also found that among boys in the same age group there was a 4 percent rise in suspected suicide attempts over the same time period
The reported suicide attempts for both genders surged during the pandemic, and increased the longer lockdown and social distancing orders were in place
The increase in suspected suicide attempts by young people could be attributed to social distancing, which took away the in-person connections built at school
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