Schools opened, suicide attempts in girls skyrocketed

Not sure why the hyperbolic headline, when the article itself just says, paraphrasing, "there might not be any causal relationship between schools being open and suicide attempts, and that goes against the prevailing anti-closing narrative".

Re: Schools opened, suicide attempts in girls skyrocketed

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Post by Solstinox » Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 4:42 PM UTC

corndoge wrote: post #4

"We found the correlation to be very strong, which is the highest category statistically possible" What?

I can see the Far Side Comic that never was.

"Having been burned one too many times by putting lines through shotgun blasts, scientists switched to correlation categories."

Re: Schools opened, suicide attempts in girls skyrocketed

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Post by isthisreality » Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 4:44 PM UTC

isthisreality wrote: post #3

Not a fan of "skyrocketed" in this headline. Just tell us the statistic.

> During February 21–March 20, 2021, suspected suicide attempt ED visits were 50.6% higher among girls aged 12–17 years than during the same period in 2019; among boys aged 12–17 years, suspected suicide attempt ED visits increased 3.7%.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7024e1.htm

Re: Schools opened, suicide attempts in girls skyrocketed

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 4:47 PM UTC

waynesonfire wrote: post #2

reddit removed this link due to not passing media bias.. interesting. https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadaCoronavirus/comments/oqawe5/s...

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Re: Schools opened, suicide attempts in girls skyrocketed

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Post by geofft » Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 4:47 PM UTC

waynesonfire wrote: post #2

reddit removed this link due to not passing media bias.. interesting. https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadaCoronavirus/comments/oqawe5/s...

"Reddit" didn't remove the link, an individual volunteer moderator of the specific subreddit removed it. Saying that Reddit removed it is like saying that GitHub rejected my pull request to Docker.

Re: Schools opened, suicide attempts in girls skyrocketed

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Post by mensetmanusman » Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 4:47 PM UTC

“ In writing this, I have found the surprising reverse correlation between suicidal behavior and time spent in school—both prior to the Covid-19 pandemic and during it—gnawing at me. Could it be that the pressures around school itself are among the most important stressors related to suicidality among teens? If that’s so, the underlying reasons could be related either to academic or social pressures. Regardless, no one would argue that we should do away with in-person learning just because more time spent in the classroom appears to be associated with increased rates of attempted or completed suicide.”

One could argue that in person schooling should be an option moving forward.