Results of youth suicidal-thinking survey announced

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. – The Jason Foundation, a nationally recognized leader in youth suicide awareness and prevention, recently shared the announcement that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the results of the 2017 Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System.

The YRBSS survey includes national, state and local school-based representative samples of ninth through 12th-grade students. The purpose is to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disability and social problems among youth in the United States.

The surveys are con...