Life under Pressure: The Social Roots of Youth Suicide and What to Do About Them

A rare study that transforms our understanding of why youth die by suicide, why youth suicide clusters happen, and how to stop them



In Life under Pressure, Anna S. Mueller and Seth Abrutyn investigate the social roots of youth suicide and why certain places weather disproportionate incidents of adolescent suicides and suicide clusters. Through close examination of kids' lives in a community repeatedly rocked by youth suicide clusters, Mueller and Abrutyn reveal how the social worlds that you...