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Bullying Linked With Suicide in Children
A study from Yale University's School of Medicine found a link between suicide in children and bullying or being bullied.
Dr. Young-Shin Kim wrote in the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health that
bullying victims were two to nine times more likely to think about killing themselves. Children who are bullies themselves are also at higher risk.
Dr. Kim analyzed 37 studies of bullying, which experts estimate between 10 and 50 percent of all children. Kim noted she did not know if other factors make certain children more susceptible to both bullying and suicide.
"While there is no definitive evidence that bullying makes kids more likely to kill themselves, there is a likely association," Kim wrote. "We can act on it and try to prevent it."
Read
The Social Consequences of Being the Victim of a Bully for more information.
Labels: bullying, research, suicide
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