Thinking about Suicide (Though Not Considering It)
Reading Time: 4 minutesSuicide among young folks in America has been on the rise. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently found that from 2007 to 2017, the rate of Americans ages 10 to 24 who died by suicide rose by 56 percent, from 6.8 deaths per 100,000 persons to 10.6. (For all ages, see their overview here.) Why is this? What causes a person in a first-world country to kill themselves?…