The number of American teenagers who conceived or attempted suicide from 2008 to 2007 increased significantly. The situation is serious among the girls who represent two thirds of the very young people attracted by the thought of taking their own life. The data come from a new study led by Gregory Plemmons of Vanderbilt University. Scholars analyzed the databases on visits to 49 hospitals clinics with departments for youths between 5 and 17 years. Experts suspect that the surge of the gruesome trend among American teenagers depends largely on the continued use of social media and electronic tools in any case. To give substance to the theory also the fact that the number of hospital admissions among the very young for suicide attempts reaches its peak in October and is high in autumn and spring. While it decreases in summer. The most affected band is that between 15 and 17 years. "On average, during 8 years of research, only 18,5% of teenagers' ideations or attempts to commit suicide were recorded in the summer".
