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Session 249: What's Missing From the Conversation About Black Women & Suicide

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Black Girls and Black Women Suicide

Between two thousand and two thousand and 17, i believe, there was a hundred and 82 % increase in suicide deaths for black girls and black young women, ages ten to 24. So i think that tells us develop mentally, there are some things we need to look at where i think health behaviors come in as well. And interestingly, like doctor vansaid, historically we didn't think about black women when we thought about suicide. There's actually three paradoxes that exist in th literature. One is the gender paradox, which says are more likely to commit suicide. Another is the race paradox, which say whites are more likelyto die by suicide. And then there's even an african americ

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