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# Teen Mental Health and Suicide in Black Families – DOM and I’LL BE THERE
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/our-time/episode/teen-mental-health-and-suicide-in-black-families-6u48gp/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:47:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-27T21:01:12.000Z
- Description: Suicide and mental health in black families as told through those left to grieve.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Our Time, Season 2, Episode 201, #ZZZ_Episode_7df54dd4-899e-49f5-9154-302d5e6c2087, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_2dfd50bb-529b-4796-bb06-75f93f8afe4a, #geo-us, #v1.16

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for teens in the U.S. While leaders acknowledge a teen mental health crisis, much discourse focuses on suicide as a white issue. The disposability of black lives, coupled with taboos associated with depression and self-harm, prevent many from breaking the silence.