Article by Dr. Francesca D’Amico

This article discusses an important topic: suicide in adolescence. Over the past 50 years, the incidence of suicide has increased by 60 percent, becoming the third leading cause of death for adolescents and young adults. Throughout the article, risk factors and deep-seated motivations for such an extreme act are analyzed, and then strategies are proposed to prevent and reduce the incidence of youth suicide.

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