Teen Suicide

Teen Suicide The deep depression felt by teenagers who often take their own life is a worrying trend that affects both urban and rural youth. Their behavior is similar to that of adults depression (loss of sleep, anxiety, despair, guilt, and loss of appetite), but teen depression may show its self more indirectly. Mike Miller, a researcher into youth suicide, sites the obvious symptoms such as; day dreaming, acting as the class clown, the sudden …

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