Abstract
Whereas stigma and bias often lead people to dismiss the importance of youth mental health, the reality is that mental health care providers are striving to address the most common sources of morbidity and mortality worldwide-specifically suicide. The World Health Organization identifies suicide as the third leading cause of death worldwide for people 15 to 29 years old. In the United States from 2016 to 2023, suicide was the second leading cause of death in children as young as 10 to young adults up to age 34.1 Completed suicide is just the tip of the iceberg-the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) in 2023 of US high school students showed that during the past year, 20.4% experienced serious suicidal ideation, 18% made a suicide plan, 9.5% made a suicide attempt, and 2% sought medical care for suicide attempt.2.