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
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 […]
QNS – 38-15 Bell Blvd. – Bayside, NY 11361 The high suicide rate among teen Latinas in New York City has finally caught the public’s attention. According to a survey conducted in 2009 by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention one out of every nine Latina teens, or 11 percent, attempted suicide in […]
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 […]
Image from AP What is driving high suicide rates amongst Latina teenagers? Latina teenagers have one of the highest rates of suicide among teens in the United States. In many cases they share a common thread: they are first-generation Americans with immigrant parents – and they find themselves caught between old traditions and their American […]
More mental health providers are customizing treatment for young Latinas, taking into consideration cultural pressures. (Image source: Gett Images/Adriana Varela Photography) When Norma Villalobos, 34, was a teen, she felt like she didn’t fit in. Her parents were born in Mexico … Read More Source: Culturally sensitive mental health treatments for young Latinas that work
Image source: pixabay.com Aug 29, 2010 Latina girls have twice the rate of suicide attempts as their Anglo and African-American peers: 21%. Professor Luis H. Zayas has been studying the phenomenon since he accidentally stumbled upon it in the 1980s. I spoke with Zayas earlier this summer about his research and his resulting book, set […]
© Copyright 2015 NYU At one o’clock in the morning on a Friday last year, just a few days before their annual beach trip for the 4th of July, the Parapis discovered the body of one of their teenaged daughters, hanging in the basement of their East Elmhurst home. In the days that followed, […]
For the past decade, research has found that depression disproportionately affects the children of immigrant parents. One reason is the difficulties adjusting to life in America. But why are depression rates for Latinas higher than anyone else? #globalnation Source: Culture of Silence: Helping Latinas Battle High Rates of Depression | Public Radio International
Image source: Wikimedia Commons All Lismari Montes, 15, had to do was find the bottle of prescribed sleeping pills that were hidden in her parent’s room. “I’m done” was all she could think as she walked upstairs to her room, yearning for escape from her exhausting fight with depression. Source: Milwaukee NNS Anger drove her […]