自杀在今日美国业已成为青少年的第二位死亡原因。据统计,全美有自杀企图的青少年平均每24小时多达1000人;仅在1985年的前十个月中,就有6500多名青少年自杀身亡。自杀是一种可以预防的行为,但同时它又具有流行性。1984年,一些州的出版物(如得克萨斯州的《Plano》和纽约州的《West-cheterCountry》)对青少年自杀悲剧所作的报道引起了公众对这一问题严重性的关注。今天的教育机构所担心的是,一个学生的自杀 Suicide Today the United States has become the second leading cause of death among adolescents. According to statistics, there are an average of 1,000 young people attempting suicide in the United States every 24 hours. Only in the first ten months of 1985, more than 6,500 young people committed suicide. Suicide is a preventable act, but at the same time it is also epidemic. In 1984, reports from some state publications (such as Plano in Texas and New York State’s “West-cheter Country”) on the tragedies of teenage suicides caught the public’s attention to the gravity of the issue. What worries today’s educational institutions is the suicide of a student