I'm saddened to see that the statistics show a growing trend, but I'm curious why the amount of attempts have increased so much, yet the deaths did not increase proportionally to the attempts? I hope that the reason is because suicide attempts are being more talked about and focused on than before, rather than there being an actual increase in attempts. Though it's probably a bit of both?
Edit:
I can't seem to find any direct links in the article to the sources it talks about?
I can’t seem to find any direct links in the article to the sources it talks about?
Police recorded 161 suicide deaths among people aged 7 to 18 in 2025, up from 127 a year earlier, according to figures obtained by the mental health foundation GrowSPACE.
While not stated directly, it seems clear that the numbers for attempts come from GrowSPACE
I'm not really into trends and such, but wasn't emo a trendy thing in the 90s/early 2000s? Is it back again already? Also, 2022 statistics are understandably related to the covid shutdown - it proved in many ways that social life is very important for mental health.
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Havatra@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 212d
I'm saddened to see that the statistics show a growing trend, but I'm curious why the amount of attempts have increased so much, yet the deaths did not increase proportionally to the attempts? I hope that the reason is because suicide attempts are being more talked about and focused on than before, rather than there being an actual increase in attempts. Though it's probably a bit of both?
Edit:
I can't seem to find any direct links in the article to the sources it talks about?
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 5 pts · 212d
Just a guess, but attempts grew a lot during Covid. A lot of social networks fell apart during Covid.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 2 pts · 212d
While not stated directly, it seems clear that the numbers for attempts come from GrowSPACE
Havatra@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 212d
And I tried to look up GrowSPACE, and found only more articles stating the same things, but none still with linked sources?
Greddan@feddit.org · -2 pts · 212d
Havatra@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 212d
I'm not really into trends and such, but wasn't emo a trendy thing in the 90s/early 2000s? Is it back again already? Also, 2022 statistics are understandably related to the covid shutdown - it proved in many ways that social life is very important for mental health.