Majority of First Suicide Attempts in Youth Result in Death

First suicide attempts in young people are more deadly than previously thought, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP).

The findings show that 71 percent of youth ages 10 to 24 who died by suicide did so on their first attempt, also known as the “index” attempt. The researchers also found that guns were implicated in 85 percent of youth dying on first-attempt.

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