July 2025: National Trends in Suicidal Thoughts and Suicide Attempts Among High School Students in the United States

Dr. Tanner Bommersbach (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health) and Dr. Greg Rhee (University of Connecticut and Yale University School of Medicine) join AJP Audio to discuss estimating national trends in suicidal ideation and attempts in high school students with and without accompanying high-risk behaviors.  Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the July issue of the Journal.

• 00:07 Bommersbach and Rhee interview
• 00:36 Trends in suicide among high school students in the US
• 02:49 Variation in rates based on gender, racial identity, and sexuality
• 03:50 Did the rates increase during the COVID-19 pandemic?
• 04:14 Lessons to be learned from COVID?
• 05:23 Behavior risk factors
• 06:33 Clinical implications
• 08:19 Inflections in risk factors due to the pandemic?
• 08:52 Limitations
• 09:32 Future research
• 10:16 Kalin interview
• 10:31 Bommersbach et al.
• 14:20