Suicide

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ix Americans who committed
suicide was a young person between the ages of 15 and 24. Studies in California and
Kansas report that about one out of every ten teens questioned admitted to having
attempted suicide.
Right now you are probably wondering WHO could be stupid enough to try and commit
suicide? Psychologists say that there is no such thing as a "typical" suicidal personality.
But most suicides are committed by white males from middle-class homes. The
suicide rate for whites is nearly twice as high as it is for nonwhites. Yet, statistics
say that African-Americans attempt suicide more often than people of other races,
they simply do not succeed as often. And among Native American youths, the number
of suicides has tripled during the last 20 years. Studies also show that 25-30% of gay
and lesbian youth attempt suicide. While there is no "typical" suicidal personality,
experts say victims do share some common traits: the following is a list of traits from
Eleanor Ayer's book Teen Suicide Is It Too Painful to Grow U...