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
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
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: […]
AN INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN STUDIES AND CREATIVE WRITING Real Women Have Curves, the 2002 film based on Josefina López’s two act play, politicizes the female form by strategically exposing and subverting dominant ideals about body image. López takes the overweight form, so often marginalized (like the immigrant) by society and popular culture, and redefines this […]
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 […]
© Copyright 2015 NYU At one o’clock in the morning on a Friday last year, just a few days before their annual beach trip for the 4th of July, the Parapis discovered the body of one of their teenaged daughters, hanging in the basement of their East Elmhurst home. In the days that followed, […]
For the past decade, research has found that depression disproportionately affects the children of immigrant parents. One reason is the difficulties adjusting to life in America. But why are depression rates for Latinas higher than anyone else? #globalnation Source: Culture of Silence: Helping Latinas Battle High Rates of Depression | Public Radio International
Image source: Wikimedia Commons All Lismari Montes, 15, had to do was find the bottle of prescribed sleeping pills that were hidden in her parent’s room. “I’m done” was all she could think as she walked upstairs to her room, yearning for escape from her exhausting fight with depression. Source: Milwaukee NNS Anger drove her […]
Approximately 1 in 25 teenagers in the United States has attempted suicide, and as many as 1 in 8 has thought about committing suicide, Source: Suicidal Thoughts And Attempts More Common In Hispanic Teens