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A Generation at RiskAwake!—2001 | September 8
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More tragically, depression has been linked to teen suicide. According to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, as many as 7 percent of severely depressed youngsters take their life.a Even this does not reveal the full scope of the problem, since it is believed that for every youth who takes his or her life, many more attempt to do so. It is thus for good reason that a report by the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development states: “To treat adolescent problems lightly today is to court disaster. Such neglect truly places a generation at risk.”
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A Generation at RiskAwake!—2001 | September 8
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a Some experts believe that the true figure is much higher, since a number of deaths ruled accidental may have been suicides.
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