Posts Tagged ‘suicide’
The Pot and the Kettle: Bullying
I read about a study a while ago which found that people who are cyberbullied are more likely to turn the tables and become cyberbullies. The study noted: “Child psychologist Shane Gallagher of Cambridgeshire Educational Psychology Service in the U.K. surveyed 239 teens (128 boys and 101 girls) aged 11 to 16 and their parents. [...]
I call BS on Reuters
An article on reuters.com discussed how excessive internet use could lead to depression. The article stated that teens who use the internet excessively (between 5 and 10 hours a day), are one and a half times more likely to develop depression than more moderate internet users. A recent study in China came to this conclusion [...]
It Gets Better
As a news junkie I have noticed a trend in media coverage from our neighbors to the south – on teen suicide. Specifically, the coverage seems to be about homophobic bullying in schools. September proved to be a dire month in terms of teen suicide. Sometimes it helps to see the whole picture to understand [...]