NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Black kids and suicide: Why are rates so high, and so ignored?

  • Written by Rheeda Walker, Professor of Psychology, University of Houston
Black youth may be less likely to share their thoughts of loneliness or depression than other youth, which could be a reason for higher rates of death by suicide among black youth.Motortion Films/Shutterstock.com

Teen suicide rates among black youth are increasing. In 2016 and again in 2018, national data revealed that among children age 5-11, blac...

Read more: Black kids and suicide: Why are rates so high, and so ignored?

More Articles ...

  1. The first step in managing plastic waste is measuring it – here's how we did it for one Caribbean country
  2. Why teen depression rates are rising faster for girls than boys
  3. US and Iran have a long, troubled history
  4. Why you need more Vitamin D in the winter
  5. Why do onions make you cry?
  6. What do we want? Unbiased reporting! When do we want it? During protests!
  7. US-China trade pact President Trump just signed fails to resolve 3 fundamental issues
  8. Russia's cabinet resigns and it's all part of Putin's plan
  9. Screen time: Conclusions about the effects of digital media are often incomplete, irrelevant or wrong
  10. What Iranians think of the US and their own government
  11. Supreme Court DACA decision isn't just about Dreamers -- it's about whether the White House has to tell the truth
  12. Who is born a US citizen?
  13. An old debate over religion in school is opening up again
  14. Meet the narwhal, 'unicorn of the sea'
  15. Why fitness trackers may not give you all the 'credit' you hoped for
  16. 3 quotes that defined the first Democratic debate of 2020
  17. Earthquake forecast for Puerto Rico: Dozens more large aftershocks are likely
  18. Worrying about being drafted doesn't mean you're disloyal – it's an old American tradition
  19. Parental leave laws are failing single parents
  20. How Prohibition changed the way Americans drink, 100 years ago
  21. 'Uncut Gems' celebrates Manhattan’s Diamond District, a neighborhood that's a window into the past
  22. Think twice before shouting your virtues online – moral grandstanding is toxic
  23. Being copycats might be key to being human
  24. Microwaving sewage waste may make it safe to use as fertilizer on crops
  25. Heading into Iowa: Where do the Democratic candidates stand on health care coverage?
  26. Why the US-Iran conflict isn’t driving oil prices higher – and why it probably should
  27. Can the Constitution stop the government from lying to the public?
  28. The secret origins of presidential polling
  29. What US election officials could learn from Australia about boosting voter turnout
  30. High-priced specialty drugs: Exposing the flaws in the system
  31. Pope ends a secrecy rule for Catholic sexual abuse cases, but for victims many barriers to justice remain
  32. Restricting trade in endangered species can backfire, triggering market booms
  33. Why hip-hop belongs in today's classrooms
  34. Brexit could spell the end of globalization, and the global prosperity that came with it
  35. Cyberspace is the next front in Iran-US conflict – and private companies may bear the brunt
  36. Why are there seven days in a week?
  37. Weinstein jurors must differentiate between consent and compliance – which research shows isn't easy
  38. Large turnouts for Soleimani’s funeral in Iran carry powerful collective emotions – just as Americans saw during the colonial era
  39. Killing of Soleimani evokes dark history of political assassinations in the formative days of Shiite Islam
  40. Why some public universities get to keep their donors secret
  41. The made-up crisis behind the state takeover of Houston's public schools
  42. We're living in the bizarre world that Flaubert envisioned
  43. Your blood type may influence your vulnerability to norovirus, the winter vomiting virus
  44. Why we are hard-wired to worry, and what we can do to calm down
  45. 3D printing of body parts is coming fast – but regulations are not ready
  46. Matching Vietnamese brides with Chinese men, marriage brokers find good business – and sometimes love
  47. Rotting feral pig carcasses teach scientists what happens when tons of animals die all at once, as in Australia's bushfires
  48. Trump, like Obama, tests the limits of presidential war powers
  49. The US-Iran conflict and the consequences of international law-breaking
  50. School closures can hit rural communities hard