USA Today (6/27, Shedrofsky) reports that in a report released Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that family physicians “should screen teens for suicide risks in the wake of new information that shows suicide is the second leading cause of death among teens.” The group uses the report to provide “pediatricians with guidelines on how to identify and assist at-risk teens between the age of 15 to 19.” And, because “firearms in the home are associated with a higher risk of adolescent suicide,” the group “AAP urges parents of at-risk teens to remove guns and ammunition from their homes.”
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— “Pediatricians urged to screen for suicide risks among teens,” Karina Shedrofsky, USA Today, June 27, 2016.