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Teenage Latinas’ Suicidal Behavior—a Crisis Going Largely Ignored – Truthdig

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Image source: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/do_something_lower_rates_of_teenage_suicide_young_latinas_20160807 For reasons including the clash between their parents’ traditional expectations and the American way of life, Latinas top the list of teens attempting suicide. After a decade of inaction, it’s time this national epidemic is addressed, writes Luis H. Zayas. Source: Teenage Latinas’ Suicidal Behavior—a Crisis Going Largely Ignored – Truthdig

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HispanicTrending: Latinas in crisis

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Latina girls are in crisis, and if we deny it and ignore it, we will doom them with our complacency. Latina teenagers have the highest attempted suicide rate of any adolescent group, the highest teenage pregnancy rate and one of the highest drop out rates, according to researchers. Source: HispanicTrending: Latinas in crisis

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Social Issue: Suicide Rates high among Hispanic Girls

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Image source: https://www.latintrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/depression-and-bipolar-disorder.jpg According to the latest report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of Hispanic teenage girls to take their lives is twice more likely than other girls of racial backgrounds. The report showed that 26% of Hispanic teenage girls contemplated suicide in 2013 compared to 21% of Hispanic […]

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Youth Suicide Attempts Highest Among Latino Girls

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Nivia Dones and daughter Erin Mercado, 17, from the Bronx, was hospitalized three times for attempted suicide. She has been involved with a suicide prevention program for Hispanic teens since she was 13, which she said has changed her attitude toward life. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times) Life is Precious, a nonprofit suicide prevention program for […]