Monday, September 10, 2007

American Girls' Suicide Rates Rise

[By Greg Bluestein, www.Time.com]

The suicide rate among preteen and teenage girls rose to its highest level in 15 years, and hanging surpassed guns as the preferred method, federal health officials reported...

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1 comment:

Pastor Milton Gordon said...

Most of the teen suicidal, homicidal, assaulitve and self-harming behaviors comes from variables dealing with systemic factors. Most children who are a part of a more healthy functioning individual, family, community, peer, school and community (including church) system have far less of the above problems than those who are not.

What does this say of our nation over the past 40-50 years and the move from morality and Bible based spirituality?