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footballteam and an honor student.He seemed tohave the brightest of futures.One sunny spring afternoon last year,Paul put a gun to his head and killed him-self.Before he pulled the trigger,hepenned this note to his father:\"Don'tblame yourself,Dad.I'll never forgiveyou if you do.”  \nTwo months later in a newspaper in-terview,Paul's father said he still thoughtabout his son “at least 100 times a day.”And he is still left with the question:Why?Why did such a promising young mantake his own life?A psychiatrist is nowhelping the family piece together theproblems that led to Paul's death.Paul's father is among thousands ofparents each year who search for answersto why their children chose to die.Anaverage of 7,000 teens kill themselveseach year.As many as 400,000 othersattempt suicide.And the problem isgrowing.The suicide rate for young peo-ple ages 15-24 is now three times what itwas in the 1950's—and suicide is nowthe second leading cause of death amongyoung people,after accidents.Many teens who take their own livesgive few clues of their feelings,like Paul.Experts say 90 percent of teen suicides can be prevented.             \ngnmoo.Moo m1et 7ima,ing  \nperts,more people lived in extendedfamilies—and troubled teens often gotemotional support from aunts,uncles,grandparents and other family members,if not from their parents.Today,familymembers are often more isolated fromeach other,and scattered about the coun-  \nThe suicides left the whole community inshock—and searching for answers.  \nA Fast-Changing World  \nWhat are the answers?Why has teensuicide increased so much in recent years?Experts point to a combination of causes.One is the rapid change in our societyand family structure.In the past,say ex-  \n# Experts Puzzle the Mystery of Teen Suicide  \n\nA Growing Problem  \nMany others are more obviously trou-bled.But all have one thing in com-mon—they chose to snuff out their livesat a young age.Of major concern to ex-perts is so-called cluster suicides,whichoccur when one teen suicide seems to setoff other suicides among young peoplein the same community.In Fairfax,County,Va.,11 teens committed suicideduring the 1980-81 school year.  \nMany others are more obviously trou-bled.But all have one thing in com-mon—they chose to snuff out their livesat a young age.Of major concern to ex-perts is so-called cluster suicides,whichoccur when one teen suicide seems to setoff other suicides among young peoplein the same community.In Fairfax,County,Va.,11 teens committed suicideduring the 1980-81 school year.  \nContinued from Page 1  \ntry.The divorce rate is also high.  \nTeens are also subjected to a fast-changing world,say experts—a worldwhich often seems both frightening andunpredictable to a troubled teen.Alcoholand drug abuse among teens is morecommon than it was in the past—and of-ten makes problems worse.  \nThere is evidence that teen suicidesfrequently occur after a loss of somekind—the death of a friend or familymember,a breakup with a boyfriend orgirfriend,or parental divorce.Teens,sayexperts,have much more difficulty thanadults in putting problems like these inperspective.“A crisis that an adult mightsee as a part of life...looks all-encom-passing to a teen,\"says social workerRobert DeCarli.\"Teens haven't the lengthof time to really see this as part of life.”  \n## Signs of Trouble\n\nHow do you tell that a teen is thinkingabout suicide?Experts say that 80 per-cent of potential suicides give out signalsof depression bforehand.Sudden lossof sleep,appetite,and interest in thingsthat formerly interested them are somecommon signs of depression.A de-pressed teen may greatly increase his orher drug and alcohol use.And many po-tential suicides give away verbal hints ofhow they are thinking.They'll say suchthings as “I won't be a problem to youmuch longer”or \"Nothing matters.\"Apotential suicide may also ","cbCais6NjQiiDR72","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCais6NjQiiDR72","pdf",2628322,"English","# A Growing Problem\n## Experts Puzzle 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