{"id":21221,"date":"2024-09-12T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/blog\/the-kids-are-crying-for-help\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T22:58:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T22:58:39","slug":"the-kids-are-crying-for-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/sv\/blog\/the-kids-are-crying-for-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnen ropar p\u00e5 hj\u00e4lp"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s National Suicide Prevention Week\u2014a time to destigmatize mental health issues and prioritize mental health awareness and outreach. So, let\u2019s be brutally honest and look at some statistics<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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22% of high schoolers have seriously considered suicide in the last year\u2014and 10% have attempted it. To put that in perspective, that means in a district with 2,000 high school students, 440 of them have considered suicide and 200 of them have attempted suicide.<\/p>\n

Beyond suicide attempts, this depression leads to poor school attendance rates, a lack of ability to focus on learning, and, in severe cases of suicide ideation, school violence. These numbers are alarming, and the situation is dire.<\/p>\n

The good news is we can do something about it.<\/p>\n

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\nKids are crying for help.
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Four out of five<\/a> individuals considering suicide give some sign of their intentions. For young people, for whom so much of their lives happens online, this can be seen in:<\/p>\n