Latina Suicide: Deadly Silence KMG – YouTube
Source: Senior Project, Stony Brook University Dept of Journalism
Category: acculturation-mental health
latina suicide video – YouTube
Source: Latin Lab Help Me, I feel sad, I feel depressed, I feel lonely…
CDC: Latina Teenage Girls At Highest Risk For Attempting Suicide In U.S. – Houston Public Media
A new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that 15 percent of Latina teenagers have attempted suicide, and 25 percent have thought about it. Source: CDC: Latina Teenage Girls At Highest Risk For Attempting Suicide In U.S. – Houston Public Media
Living on the Border
Image source: Boston University Moving Borders Living on the Border: A Wound That Will Not Heal . . .The pain and joy of the borderlands–perhaps no greater or lesser than the emotions stirred by living anywhere contradictions abound, cultures clash and meld, and life is lived on an edge–come from a wound that will not […]
Dr. Joe: Latina Teens, Suicide Attempts And Mental Health ‘Secretos’ – NBC News
As a young boy I remember asking my mother about a family friend who would mysteriously be missing from family functions for months at a time and neve Source: Dr. Joe: Latina Teens, Suicide Attempts And Mental Health ‘Secretos’ – NBC News
At 15 She Attempted Suicide: I Felt Like I Wasn’t The Ideal Mexican Daughter
14 to 15 is the peak age for suicide attempts among Latina girls, data shows. Image source: i_Stock 14 to 15 is the peak age for suicide attempts among Latina girls, data shows iStock According to reports, 14 to 15 is the peak age for suicide attempts among Latinas. Source: At 15 She Attempted Suicide: […]
Dr. Luis Zayas, UT Austin – Latina Suicide Rates | WAMC
Dr. Luis Zayas, UT Austin One segment of the population commits suicide more than any other: Hispanics teens. Dr. Luis Zayas, Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Source: Dr. Luis Zayas, UT Austin – Latina Suicide Rates | WAMC
Is America’s Social Fabric Corrupting Immigrants? – The New York Times
Is America’s social fabric corrupting immigrants? Source: Is America’s Social Fabric Corrupting Immigrants? – The New York Times
The Immigrant Paradox – Neatorama
Image source: Flickr Brown University – “The Immigrant Paradox” NY Times columnist David Brooks asks: Are new immigrants wrecking the social fabric of the United States? Or is it the other way around? Is America corrupting them instead? Back in 2010, researchers from Brown University have noticed that first generation immigrant children generally outperform second […]
Is Culture To Blame For High Latina Suicide Attempt Rates? | NewsTaco
Image source: pixabay.com Aug 29, 2010 Latina girls have twice the rate of suicide attempts as their Anglo and African-American peers: 21{e0067b7e5b7c4752141a12f40f20a1e8c5844cc9423417b188bf9480bfa224fe}. Professor Luis H. Zayas has been studying the phenomenon since he accidentally stumbled upon it in the 1980s. I spoke with Zayas earlier this summer about his research and his resulting book, set […]