Youth Suicide Research Paper

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Youth Suicide
Jamie Banks
Texas Southern University Youth Suicide
Introduction
One of the major public health concerns is suicide. It is one of the top causes of death in the United States. Recent research reveals that youth suicide in some populations is increasing exponentially.
Suicide is death brought by injurious behaviour which is self-inflicted with an intention to die as a result of the behavior.
A suicide attempt is a non-dangerous, self-inflicted, potentially dangerous behavior with an intention to die because of the behavior. A suicide attempt might not cause injuries.
Suicide ideation is the thoughts, consideration, or planning of suicide.

The scope of the Problem
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