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[–] 13 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

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?

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I can't seem to find any direct links in the article to the sources it talks about?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    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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