- Bullying causes physical and psychological symptoms that last with the victim even long after the bullying terminates. These complications include headaches, digestive problems, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances and poor performance at school (Center for Disease Control, 2012).
- §Peer victimization and bullying causes higher rates of suicide among youth according to the JAMA Pediatrics 2014.
- Each year, 1 in 5 females and 1 in 7 males engage in self injury
- 90 percent of people who engage in self harm begin during their teen or pre-adolescent years
- About 50 percent of those who engage in self-mutilation begin around age
- 14 and carry on into their 20s
- Approximately two million cases are reported annually in the U.S.
Statistical information was found at:
http://www.cdc.gov/ CDC (Center for Disease Control)
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml National Institute of Mental Health
http://nobullying.com/bullying-suicide-statistics/
