Why Aren't Schools Doing More to Prevent Suicide?

Despite the fact that suicide is the third leading cause of death among youth between the ages of 10 and 24, it doesn’t even make the list of the top 10 health concerns parents have for their kids. In fact, mental health or self-harm issues don’t make the list at all–though obesity,
Internet safety, bullying, school violence, drug, and alcohol abuse do. The lack of attention given to suicide is alarming, especially since 16% of high school students have reported “seriously considering” committing suicide. 13% of these students reported that they had actively made a plan to commit suicide, and 8% of students reported that they had tried to commit suicide less than a year before they were surveyed.