The new statistics show that girls and young women were overwhelmingly treated in emergency departments after ingesting pills or poisons. The data are in line with reports of an uptick in depression and suicide in young Americans, especially in young girls, starting around 2008-2009. In a November 2016 study chronicling the rise in depression among young girls, a team led by Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Ramin Mojtabai noted that adolescent girls appear to be coming under increasing stress. By 2015, they had reached levels similar to those seen in young women 20 to 24 (just over 300 per 100,000). CAPTION Eclipse chasers will tell you that seeing a total eclipse will change your life.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 21, 2017 20:37 UTC