Therapist Shares 11 Warning Signs That Could Flag A Teen's Having Suicidal Thoughts

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Would you know how to speak to a young person who's experiencing suicidal thoughts? No parent wants to even consider that their child might be thinking about suicide. Sadly, some teens do have these thoughts – and, in rare and devastating cases, they act on them.

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• It can be hard for parents to know if their child is experiencing such dark thoughts, however.
• According to Samaritans, around 200 young people die by suicide every year.
• A study of young people aged 11 to 17 and their parents found that amongst teens who reported they had experienced suicidal thoughts, 50% of their parents said they had no idea of what their child was going...
• Fiona Yassin, a psychotherapist and founder and clinical director of The Wave Clinic, told HuffPost UK: "It's not always easy to recognise when a young person is thinking about suicide.
• Sometimes, young people themselves will not be clear that they're having suicidal thoughts." To mark World Suicide Prevention...