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Re:CDC Reports 51% Increase in Suicide Attempts Among Teenag... by zepto on Saturday June 26, 2021 @01:12PM (#27643707)
Serious is not the same as fatal.

People who aren’t being listened to sometimes take an overdose as a cry for help, expecting to be found. They still go to hospital.

That is quite different from shooting yourself in the head.

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Re:CDC Reports 51% Increase in Suicide Attempts Among Teenag... by slipframe on Saturday June 26, 2021 @01:13PM (#27643726)
We're talking about suicide attempts right? So yes, not fatal, obviously.
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Re:CDC Reports 51% Increase in Suicide Attempts Among Teenag... by zepto on Saturday June 26, 2021 @01:17PM (#27643780)
No - the context from upthread is this:

> Suicide attempts have always been way more frequent among women/girls, whereas men/boys actually commit suicide more often.

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Re:CDC Reports 51% Increase in Suicide Attempts Among Teenag... by slipframe on Saturday June 26, 2021 @01:23PM (#27643846)
Sure... but I was responding to the assertion that the discrepancy in suicide attempts comes from suicide attempts being over-counted. I don't think that holds water.
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Re:CDC Reports 51% Increase in Suicide Attempts Among Teenag... by Dylan16807 on Saturday June 26, 2021 @02:53PM (#27644733)
If you're expecting to be found, it's arguable how much that counts as a suicide attempt.
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Re:CDC Reports 51% Increase in Suicide Attempts Among Teenag... by zepto on Saturday June 26, 2021 @04:22PM (#27645485)
It shouldn’t, but it does because hospitals only see an overdose and don’t have access to the patients prior beliefs.
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