Lethal Impulse: Understanding Teen Suicide--Outside Metro Areas,.... Jeremy Olson.
by Olson, Jeremy; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 37Family. Publisher: Omaha World-Herald, 2005ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Contagion (Social psychology) | Firearms -- Statistics | Rural youth | Suicide victims | Teenagers -- Suicidal behaviorDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Nearly six of every 10 teen suicides in the United States from 1994 to 2002 involved firearms. Outside the nation's metropolitan areas, two of every three involved firearms. Take the guns out of teens' hands, research shows, and more suicidal teens are bound to survive that impulse to kill themselves." (OMAHA WORLD-HERALD) This second article of a four-part series on teen suicide reveals that "suicide rates are lower when teens have less access to firearms." A sidebar discusses "the contagion effect: the way one teen suicide can incite other suicides and nonfatal attempts."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Lethal Impulse: Understanding Teen Suicide--Outside Metro Areas,..., May 16, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Nearly six of every 10 teen suicides in the United States from 1994 to 2002 involved firearms. Outside the nation's metropolitan areas, two of every three involved firearms. Take the guns out of teens' hands, research shows, and more suicidal teens are bound to survive that impulse to kill themselves." (OMAHA WORLD-HERALD) This second article of a four-part series on teen suicide reveals that "suicide rates are lower when teens have less access to firearms." A sidebar discusses "the contagion effect: the way one teen suicide can incite other suicides and nonfatal attempts."
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