What is Youth suicide?
[[File:Suicide prevention-DOD.jpg|thumb|300px|Suicide prevention needs to be talked about.]] When someone who is not yet an [[adult]] decides to [[Suicide|end his or her own life]], this is called '''youth suicide'''. In [[Western civilization|Western societies]], there are many people who want to end their lives, and at least try to commit [[suicide]]. Suicide is the one of the leading cause of death amongst children, teens and young adults. Suicides attempts are more common among [[girl]]s than [[boy]]s. Many girls try, but boys more often succeed in committing suicide.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Youth Suicide Risk and Preventive Interventions: A Review of the Past 10 Years|journal=Research Update Review}}</ref> Girls are more likely to use techniques such as overdoses and boys are more likely to try violent means like gunshot or hanging themselves. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, the number of youth suicides nearly tripled.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Death, Society, and Human Experience|url=https://archive.org/details/deathsocietyhuma0000kast_g8f1|last=Kastenbaum|first=Robert J.|publisher=Pearson|year=2012|isbn=978-0-205-00108-8|location=Boston|pages=[https://archive.org/details/deathsocietyhuma0000kast_g8f1/page/198 198]}}</ref> In Australia for example, youth suicides are the leading cause of death in young people between 15 and 25. Only [[Traffic collision|traffic accidents]] cause more deaths. In the U.S., according to the National Institute of Mental Health, the suicide rate is the 2nd leading cause of death for [[Adolescence|adolescents]] between the ages of 10 and 14, and the third leading cause of death for those between 15 and 19.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Suicide|url=https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide|access-date=2023-03-27|website=National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)|language=en}}</ref> In 2021, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of ChiId and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Children's Hospital Association released a joint statement announcing a [[mental health]] cri