BY FROMA HARROP Ours is a nation in despair. U.S. suicide rates have surged to a 30-year high, and it’s not just among struggling middle-aged whites. Suicides by girls age 10 to 14 have spiked over the last 18 years. And there’s been a shocking surge in children 17 or under dying from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Since 1999, suicide rates have risen in every age group except the elderly, according to the National Center for […]

The Suicide Epidemic: Social, Economic Or Both?
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