The suicide rate for young men ages 15-24 is 2 times as high as the overall suicide rate in the United States.
Boys tend to commit suicide at a higher rate than girls.
Approximately 500,000 people between the ages of 15-24 try to kill themselves each year and approximately 5,000 succeed. First of all, any time that anyone talks about hurting themselves it is to be taken very seriously . A history of a psychiatric problem like depression or psychosis. A personal crisis or stressful event such as breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend, not getting accepted to college, doing poorly on an exam, not making a sports team. Divorce of parents or family problems.