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SAMHSA Supports National Suicide Prevention Week



Source: Office of Applied Studies
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More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia and influenza, and chronic lung disease, combined.
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SAMHSA and other mental health groups are using National Suicide Prevention Week to encourage people in crisis and those who are concerned about someone possibly at risk for suicide to use the Lifeline and the many lifesaving services it offers.

Using state of the art technology and a network of 135 crisis centers across the country, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can immediately link a caller seeking help to a trained counselor closest to the caller's geographic location - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Calls to the Lifeline and the counseling services provided are confidential.

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Others Ways to Get Help Online
You can now get information and help by visiting one of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline's social networking pages.
MySpace.com Logo - Click here to visit the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline's MySpace Page YouTube Logo - Click here to visit the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline's YouTube Page Facebook Logo - Click here to visit the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline's Facebook Page

If you are in crisis, call 1-800-273-8255, TTY 1-800-799-4889 - Click here to visit the Suicide Prevention Lifeline Web Site

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