Bully-induced Suicide

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Originally Posted by Datalyss

but I'd like to know your thoughts on kids committing suicide as a result of being bullied.

The problem will always be a lack of hard facts. For example, a recent discuss by some of the world's best experts in the brain (on Charlie Rose) noted something contrary to popular belief. Depression does not cause suicide. If true, then any discussion will have serious problems. Until you can say why people commit suicide, then no useful discussion can result. Only popular myths get promoted.

She was bullied. Therefore she committed suicide? Why? Where are the hard facts that associate what mental state with suicide.

We know bullying can only exist when management - teachers, administrators, guidance counselors - are not doing their job. But what is the hard fact that connects that overt mismanagement with suicide? To answer that, one must first define why a person would commit suicide. That means trashing widely believed hearsay myths and wild speculation.

Why does depression not lead to suicide? I cannot say. He did not provide the details.