Suicide Prevention - The Office of Minority Health

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	Preventing Suicide: Individual Acts Create a Public Health Crisis Every day, on average, more than 80 Americans take their own lives, and an estimated 1,500 more attempt suicide. Although rates for teens and young adults appear to be declining, deaths from suicide in these age groups are still more frequent than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia and influenza, and chronic lung disease combined.
	Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Suicide 1999 Suicide is a serious public health problem. In 1996, the year for which the most recent statistics are available, suicide was the ninth leading cause of mortality in the United States, responsible for nearly 31,000 deaths.
	Institute of Medicine Report - Reducing Suicide: A National Imperative (2002) Every year approximately 30,000 people die by suicide in the United States, and one million worldwide. Approximately 650,000 people yearly receive emergency treatment after attempting suicide in the United States. It is the third leading cause of death among American youths and the eleventh for Americans of all ages.
	Reports of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health We envision a future when everyone with a mental illness will recover, a future when mental illnesses can be prevented or cured, a future when mental illnesses are detected early, and a future when everyone with a mental illness at any stage of life has access to effective treatment and supports - essentials for living, working, learning, and participating fully in the community.
	Suicide Prevention and Depressive Disorders Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
	Preventing Suicide Because of the continued high rates of suicide among adolescents and young adults (15-24 years of age), it is more urgent than ever that we apply our limited resources for prevention in the most effective manner possible.
	What to Do If a Friend or Relative is Suicidal National Mental Health Association
	Suicide ... Read This First Metanoia
	Understanding and Helping the Suicidal Person American Association of Suicidology
	Teen Suicide National Mental Health Association