Reuters (1/31, Crist) reports, “Teens and young men in correctional facilities are at increased risk of dying by suicide, but they are otherwise fairly similar to unincarcerated youth who take their own lives,” researchers concluded after analyzing “the characteristics and circumstances around 10,000 suicides among young men ages 10-24 between 2003 and 2012, including 213 incarcerated youth who were in a short-term juvenile detention center, long-term juvenile correctional facility, adult jail or adult prison.” The findings were published online Jan. 23 in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
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