CDC: Suicide problem escalates for Latinas

The call came from out of the blue. Come to the hospital quickly, said a friend of Crystal Trinidad, then 14. Lupe Morin, Crystal’s grandmother, rushed to the ER, where she found her granddaughter lying in bed, her wrists already bandaged. She had gouged them earlier with a sharp object, trying to commit suicide. “That’s when I discovered everything that was going on,” Morin said. “Crystal was tired of seeing her mother depressed, of moving from house to house. ... They were very poor, and my daughter Letty couldn’t hold down a job because of major depression. My granddaughter felt that there was nothing in this world for her.” Five years later, Crystal, by then the mother of a young child and suffering from depression, again tried to take her own life, this time downing a lethal mixture of drugs and alcohol. READ FULL STORY
E-mail me when people leave their comments –

You need to be a member of HispanicPro Network to add comments!

Join HispanicPro Network

© COPYRIGHT 1995 - 2020. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED