HealthDay (3/15, Munez) reports, “In the past two decades, a growing number of preteens have taken medicines or other chemicals as a way to end their lives,” investigators concluded after examining data “collected in the National Poison Data System for children aged six to 18.” The study revealed “a 4.5-fold increase in suicidal ingestion cases among children between the ages of 10 and 12 since 2000.” The findingswere published online March 14 in a research letter in JAMA Pediatrics.
Related Links:
— “Suicide Rate Is Spiking Upwards in Preadolescent Children “Cara Murez, HealthDay, March 15, 2022