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Bullying and Suicide: A Public Health Approach
Journal of Adolescent Health
Vol. 53Issue 1SupplementS1–S3Published in issue: July, 2013
- Marci Feldman Hertz
- Ingrid Donato
- James Wright
Cited in Scopus: 90
Several recent studies have found an association between bullying and depression [1] or bullying and suicide-related behaviors [2], and one study found evidence consistent with a causal link, at least for girls [3,4]. These studies, in conjunction with extensive media coverage of the deaths by suicide of several young people who were victims of bullying, led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to convene an expert panel focusing on the relationship between bullying involvement and suicide-related behaviors.