Every fourth teen girl is suicidal!
London, Nov.28(ANI): It has often been said that 'Teenage' is a delicate time in the life of any child. Now, with statistics from a shock survey revealing that every fourth teenage girl has at one point or another contemplated suicide, it has become clear just how difficult this stage can be, especially for girls.
The survey, by the Priory Group, was conducted on a volunteer group of 1000 teenage boys and girls between the ages of 12 to 19. It revealed that not only 22 percent of teenage girls between the age of 18 and 19 have contemplated suicide, and that a quarter of girls between the ages of 15 to 19 have considered harming themselves in someway, 13 percent of them have actually gone forward and inflicted self harm.
The survey showed that not only are kids starting to experiment with sex and drugs at a much younger age than before, but that a staggering 73 percent of 14 year olds indulge in under-age drinking. This makes it four times more likely that they will turn into alcoholics than people who start drinking at the age of 21.
According to the survey, thirty-six per cent of 15-year-olds have experimented with cannabis or cocaine, while a third of them are actively participating in under-age sex.
Dr Dylan Griffiths, a psychiatrist specialising in adolescents at The Priory hospital, Ticehurst, East Sussex, said that the age of experimentation was becoming lower annually, and that teenagers were imitating the adult culture of instant gratification.
"The age of experimentation becomes lower annually. They now look to adults who live in a culture of instant gratification and want the same thing. Teenagers have more money to buy drugs and alcohol. And when they hear something being talked about so much, like having sex, they want to try it," The Sun quoted him, as saying.(ANI)
The survey, by the Priory Group, was conducted on a volunteer group of 1000 teenage boys and girls between the ages of 12 to 19. It revealed that not only 22 percent of teenage girls between the age of 18 and 19 have contemplated suicide, and that a quarter of girls between the ages of 15 to 19 have considered harming themselves in someway, 13 percent of them have actually gone forward and inflicted self harm.
The survey showed that not only are kids starting to experiment with sex and drugs at a much younger age than before, but that a staggering 73 percent of 14 year olds indulge in under-age drinking. This makes it four times more likely that they will turn into alcoholics than people who start drinking at the age of 21.
According to the survey, thirty-six per cent of 15-year-olds have experimented with cannabis or cocaine, while a third of them are actively participating in under-age sex.
Dr Dylan Griffiths, a psychiatrist specialising in adolescents at The Priory hospital, Ticehurst, East Sussex, said that the age of experimentation was becoming lower annually, and that teenagers were imitating the adult culture of instant gratification.
"The age of experimentation becomes lower annually. They now look to adults who live in a culture of instant gratification and want the same thing. Teenagers have more money to buy drugs and alcohol. And when they hear something being talked about so much, like having sex, they want to try it," The Sun quoted him, as saying.(ANI)
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