The Centers for Disease Control report that between 1980 and 1993 the suicide rate has risen 120% for 10-14 year olds, and for 15-19 year olds it has risen almost 30%. ... Studies in California and Kansas report that about one out of every ten teens questioned admitted to having attempted suicide. ... While there is no "typical" suicidal personality, experts say victims do share some common traits: the following is a list of traits from Eleanor Ayer's book Teen Suicide Is It Too Painful to Grow Up? ... List courtesy of Eleanor Ayer's book Teen Suicide Is It too Painfu...

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People through the ages have asked, why does one commit or attempt suicide, especially someone that has so much to live for. Suicide occurs across all racial and social groups. Sometime during our lives someone who has attempted or committed suicide will touch us all. Just exactly what is suicide, Webster's defines suicide as the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally especially by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind. The oldest known reference to suicide is Egyptian. ...

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