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Snyder, S. E., Daehnke, J., Cagande, C., & Meza, J. (2024). Suicide prevention and juvenile reentry: Family as the focal point. Journal of Health Service Psychology: An Official Journal of the National Register of Health Service Psychologists, 50(3), 159–165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42843-024-00110-6 Stokes, M. L., McCoy, K. P., Abram, K. M., Byck, G. R., & Teplin, L. A. (2015). Suicidal ideation and behavior in youth in the juvenile justice system: A review of the literature. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 21(3), 222-242. http://doi.org/10.1177/1078345815587001

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2023), suicide rates for youth between the ages of 10 and 24 increased by 52.2% between 2000 and 2021, and is the second leading cause of death, resulting in more than 7,000 lives lost each year.

REFERENCES Katsman, K., & Jeglic, E. L. (2022). Suicide among justice-involved youth. In Handbook of Youth Suicide Prevention: Integrating Research into Practice (pp. 195-206). Cham: Springer International Publishing. Meza, J. I., Snyder, S., & Shanholtz, C. (2022). Equitable suicide prevention for youth impacted by the juvenile legal system. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 994514.

Dr. Dean Aufderheide is a clinical and forensic

Suicide among young people in the general population is a national tragedy and a major public health problem. I commend you for the im portant work you do, and encourage you to consider these best practices for suicide prevention in your juve nile reentry program. CT

psychologist and a licensed chaplain. He is ACA’s Director of Mental Health and board certified in correctional psychology.

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