A new study showed a sharp increase in emergency department visits for attempted suicide attempts by teenage girls during the pandemic compared to a small increase in teenage boys. .

Among teenage girls the average weekly visits to the emergency department for suspected suicide attempts from February 2021 to March 2021 was 50.6 percent higher than the same period in 2019, the study said. .

A CDC study shows that teenage girls' average weekly visits to the emergency department for suspected suicide attempts from February 2021 to March 2021 was 50.6 percent higher than the same period in 2019.

A CDC study found that suicide attempts among 12- to 17-year-old girls surged during the pandemic, and increased the longer lockdown and social distancing orders were in place

Emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts include visits for suicide attempts, as well as some nonsuicidal self-harm, according to the CDC

A CDC study shows that among boys in the same age group there was a 4 percent rise in suspected suicide attempts over the same period when comparing this year to 2019

The study also noted that the data found in the study might actually underrepresent the true number of suspected suicide attempts because Americans were hesitant to go to hospitals during the pandemic due to fear of contracting COVID