Two seperate pieces of mental health news from across the pond.
Suicide rates in the UK are at their lowest since record keeping began. There is a sustained drop in young men and prisoners committing suicide especially.
Suicide Rate article from Medical News Today
And Glasgow research surveying 1,258 teens at the ages of 11, 13, 15, and 17 found that up to 14% of teens had self-harmed but out of those that self-identified with goth culture 53% had self-harmed and 47% had tried to commit suicide. But the study found that the self harm generally occurred years before teens became involved in goth culture. The researchers label the goth subculture as a non-violent and accepting community and hypothesize that troubled teens are drawn to it for the emotional support they can find within that community.
Read more about the goth studies from BBC news and New Scientist
