Susan R. Madsen: Our Utah village needs to do a much better job of raising our children.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline call center in Salt Lake City, where all Utah calls are routed, is pictured on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. The call center, one of many across the country, continues to grow as they provide immediate access to crisis intervention and support for behavioral health.A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report discussed some disturbing findings that teen girls are experiencing record high levels of violence, sadness and suicide risk.
First, as I’ve written about before, in 2019, 21.2% of Utah teen girls, compared to 16.6% of U.S. teen girls, say that they had “Experienced sexual violence by anyone .” That is one in five of Utah girls! In fact, 11.3% say that they “Were ever physically forced to have sexual intercourse .” When asked if they had “Seriously considered attempting suicide.” 26.6% of Utah teen girls in 2019 — compared to 24.1% nationally — answered affirmatively. In addition, one in five had a suicide plan and one in 10 “Actually attempted suicide.” For more information, the Utah Women & Leadership Project released aspecifically related to suicide among Utah girls and women. I know that rates of suicide ideation, attempts and completions for all ages and genders is a deep concern to all of us.
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