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Teens and Suicide: Talk About It
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: April 20, 2005
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A recent study found that talking with teens about suicide will not make them more likely to contemplate it, CNN.com reports. In fact, asking about suicide may help troubled teens “unburden themselves,” while not asking may signal "that you don’t care,” said the executive director of the American Association of Suicidology.

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