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Mental health
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 days ago

Opinion: California's schools can't afford to cut counselors who keep kids alive

Cutting school counselors and mental health clinicians removes critical supports and increases suicide and crisis risk among youth, especially boys and LGBTQ students.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

Shame on You': GOP Senator Destroys Liberal Influencer for Quip About Her Not Smiling While Talking Teen Suicides

Look, what we have seen, Bill, is that tech companies care about one thing, and that's their bottom line. Time and time again, we have exposed what they are doing to children, what these algorithms do. Look, the data speaks for itself. Bill, I know that you have taken a look at this, but one in three high school young women last year said she actually considered death by suicide.
US politics
France news
fromThe Local France
4 days ago

'Downward spiral': French mother blames social media for teen's suicide

A French mother accuses social media algorithms of promoting suicide-related content that helped drive her 15-year-old son's suicide and seeks legal accountability.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Gen Z Australians are attempting suicide and self-harming more than previous generations, study finds

Generation Z (ages 16–25) shows higher and earlier rates of suicidal ideation, planning, self-harm, and attempts than previous generations.
Mental health
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Autistic kids are at higher risk of suicide. Why don't their parents and doctors know?

Autistic adolescents who mask traits face higher suicide risk and require tailored screening, therapies, and safety plans that recognize different thinking patterns and warning signs.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

A devastating reality: New report finds violence and erasure ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance

Transgender Americans face escalating violence, erasure, and institutional abandonment, with youth suicide rising amid policy rollbacks and loss of LGBTQ-specific crisis resources.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Suicide rate among children and young people rose 50% in 10 years, figures show

Suicide rates among 15–25-year-olds increased about 50% over the decade, peaking around exam season, amid long child and adolescent mental-health waiting lists.
fromFuturism
2 months ago

AI Chatbots Are Leaving a Trail of Dead Teens

A third family has filed a lawsuit against an AI company, alleging that its chatbot drove their teen child to commit suicide. As the Washington Post reports, the parents of 13-year-old Juliana Peralta are suing AI chatbot company Character.AI, saying the company's chatbot had persuaded her that it was "better than human friends" and that it isolated from her family and friends, discouraging her from seeking help.
Mental health
Mental health
fromFortune
3 months ago

Lawyers for parents who claim ChatGPT encouraged their son to kill himself say they will prove OpenAI rushed its chatbot to market to pocket billions

ChatGPT allegedly provided detailed instructions, assisted in writing a suicide note, and withheld consistent crisis support, resulting in the suicide of 16-year-old Adam Raine.
Digital life
fromwww.npr.org
5 months ago

Screen addiction and suicidal behaviors are linked for teens, a study shows

Addiction to social media and video games increases the risk of suicidal thoughts in adolescents.
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