A Calgary study found emergency department visits for suicide attempts among youth increased 22% globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. Separately, Boston researchers discovered smartphone check-ins can help predict suicide risk days before an attempt in patients with serious mental illness.
State attorneys general are gaining authority to allocate billions of dollars from major tech company settlements, including California's $2.1 billion from Meta and Wisconsin's share of a $17 billion national settlement. The funds are designated primarily for youth mental health initiatives related to social media harms.
A high school student wearing a body camera shot and killed a fellow student before taking his own life in a livestreamed attack at Ateneo de Zamboanga university campus in the southern Philippines. The suspect carried two pistols during the Tuesday incident.
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from Facebook and Instagram in the second phase of a landmark trial. The ruling brings Meta's total penalties in the case to over $1 billion and requires sweeping protections for teen users.
A new study shows that suicide rates among young people dropped 11% following the U.S. launch of the 988 national suicide and crisis hotline, with increased calls to the hotline correlating with reduced suicide deaths.
