The Youth Suicide Problem: Washington Could Make It Worse


 

Publication Date: September 1986

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): William Smith

Research Area: Education; Health

Keywords: Society

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

With a problem as delicate as youth suicide lawmakers whould not rush to legislate just to show they are "doing something." If there is to be a role for the Department of Education, it should be to use existing research resources to discover how curriculum may allay the suicide problems.