USA: Alarmierender Anstieg der Selbstmordraten bei jungen Männern
Und natürlich sind die "Experten" völlig ratlos, was dafür nur der Grund sein könnte:
The suicide rate among college-age men is increasing at an alarming rate, officials say, but even as schools work to head off the problem, counselors are baffled as to the cause.
"We don't know for certain," said Kristi Casey-Hart, a counselor at Dalton State College in Dalton, Ga. "I think that we put a lot of pressure on men."
While men overall commit suicide more often than women, the gender gap for suicide among young adults is staggering, according to a recent report published by the Boys Project out of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Among 20- to 24-year-olds, 20.7 suicides per 100,000 occur among males, compared with 3.5 per 100,000 among females, said Judith Kleinfeld, director of the Boys Project.
The ratio of suicide among male and females between the ages of 15 and 24 was 5 to 1, she said, and the male and female ratio for that same age range in 1933 was 1.56 to 1.
"The most compelling evidence of a 'boys crisis' is the overwhelming gender gap in suicides," the report states. "While the suicide rate of boys has always been higher than that of girls, current gender differences are alarming."
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