Suicide in Adolescents: Warning Signs, Risk Factors, and What Parents Can Do to Support Their Teens

• By: Hongmarie Martinez, PsyD Behavior Therapy Associates
• July 19th, 2023
• adolescents, mental health, parenting, risk factors, suicidal thoughts, suicidality, suicide, suicide attempt, suicide plan, Summer 2023 Issue, warning signs, Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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Suicidality can affect all age groups, including during the adolescent years (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2023). The CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (2023) reported data concerning U.S. high school students’...