Posted on Jun 2, 2022
Health expert recommends better listening and connection to confront rise in youth suicides
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Recent studies show a rise in the number of children attempting to take their own lives. The Washington Poison Center says cases of self-harm or suspected suicide rose 37% in adolescents from 2019 to 2021. That number jumped 58% in patients between the ages of 6 and 12. For many parents of children who attempt suicide there's a common refrain — they didn't see the signs.
KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to Dr. Kira Mauseth, co-lead of the Behavioral Health Strike Team at Washington's Department of Health, about why this is happening, and how to address it.
KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to Dr. Kira Mauseth, co-lead of the Behavioral Health Strike Team at Washington's Department of Health, about why this is happening, and how to address it.
Health expert recommends better listening and connection to confront rise in youth suicides
Posted from kuow.org
Children
Suicide
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In a cultured that is self-centered, parenting that involves sacrificing time for someone else is a tough sell --- Good parenting is hard work and often doesn't make you feel good, but the ends results are worth the effort
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..."This interview has been edited for clarity.
Kim Malcolm: How big is this recent upward trend in suicide attempts, and do we know what's causing it?
Dr. Kira Mauseth: We're faced with a significant increase in risk and numbers. It's something that parents and caregivers alike need to be aware of. We can work as community members to help support our youth right now, who are really going through a hard time.
There are multi-layers of effects. As children have grown up in the era of technology, just having it readily available and accessible to them, there is more and more dependence to use external devices as coping mechanisms. But when we look at the emotion regulation for kids specifically, there really needs to be a sense of helping kids learn how to manage distressing experiences and emotions on that interpersonal level, without always having to rely on an external device."...
..."This interview has been edited for clarity.
Kim Malcolm: How big is this recent upward trend in suicide attempts, and do we know what's causing it?
Dr. Kira Mauseth: We're faced with a significant increase in risk and numbers. It's something that parents and caregivers alike need to be aware of. We can work as community members to help support our youth right now, who are really going through a hard time.
There are multi-layers of effects. As children have grown up in the era of technology, just having it readily available and accessible to them, there is more and more dependence to use external devices as coping mechanisms. But when we look at the emotion regulation for kids specifically, there really needs to be a sense of helping kids learn how to manage distressing experiences and emotions on that interpersonal level, without always having to rely on an external device."...
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