标题: 300万美国少年曾企图自杀 [打印本页] 作者: 杭州泰弗尔英语 时间: 2011-3-24 16:27 标题: 300万美国少年曾企图自杀 Three million American teens have thought seriously about or even attempted suicide, a government survey released on Sunday showed. 9 `. x& D# r# \
More than 13% of young Americans between 14 and 17 years of age considered suicide in 2000, according to the report from the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Only 36% of them had received mental health treatment or counseling, SAMHSA noted. * A) `% t0 b* _/ GDepression is the main cause of suicide, SAMHSA administrator Charles Curie explained in a statement.$ `7 s+ V) I4 g. b+ r% j
"We need to help teens make the link between untreated depression and the risk for suicide, and help them identify serious depression or suicide risk in a friend," Curie said. "We must encourage teens to tell a responsible adult when a friend is at risk for suicide." x& X# [: X. ?5 N+ H3 XMore than one third of the 3 million teens aged 12 to 17 who said they thought about suicide in the past 12 months actually tried it, the survey done by SAMHSA found.+ n4 }2 B) q! B, a) y, E
Girls were twice as likely as boys to say they thought about suicide, but race and areas did not seem to make a difference, the report indicates. The highest rate was noted in the western part of the country, where 13.5% of children aged 12 to 17 reported having had thoughts of suicide. ; X U J* U8 P: ~* m9 T
