Suicide - Frequently Asked Questions
...People usually attempt suicide to block unbearable emotional pain, which is caused by a wide variety of problems. It is often a cry for help...

Healing ... in the Aftermath of a Suicide
...Nothing is as hard to understand as when someone makes the decision to stop living. While the pain and suffering of the person who dies by suicide has ended, it has increased many times over for those who grieve the death...

Suicidal Thoughts Among Youths Aged 12 to 17 with Major Depressive Episode
...in the United States among young people aged 15 to 24, suicide, or intentional self-harm, was the third leading cause of death...

Substance Use and the Risk of Suicide Among Youths
...The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse asks youths aged 12 to 17 whether they had thought seriously about killing themselves or tried to kill themselves during the 12 months...

Emergency Department Visits for Drug-Related Suicide Attempts by Adolescents
...In 2004, there were over 15,000 emergency department (ED) visits by adolescents aged 12 to 17 whose suicide attempts involved drugs...

Blamed and Ashamed
...But for depressed or anxious, shy, fearful, or hyperactive children and adolescents, the motivation for drug use is very different. They are trying to just feel normal...

Teen Mental Health Problems: What Are The Warning Signs
...The teen years can be tough for both parent and child. Adolescents are under stress to be liked, do well in school...

Take Action Against Bullying
...Every day in our schools and communities, children are teased, threatened, or tormented by bullies...

Bullying is Not a Fact of Life
... study carried out with a national sample of more than 15,000 students in grades 6 through 10 found about 30 percent of the sample reported moderate or frequent involvement in bullying...

Girl Power is Good Mental Health
...Girls are seven times more likely than boys to be depressed and twice as likely to attempt suicide...

Your Child's Mental Health
...One in five children has a diagnosable mental, emotional, or behavior problem that can lead to school failure, family discord, violence, or suicide...

In Harm's Way: Suicide in America
...Suicide is a tragic and potentially preventable public health problem...

Culture Counts in Mental Health Services and Research
...Striking disparities in access, quality and availability of mental health services exist...

Older Adults: Depression and Suicide Facts
...Major depression, a significant predictor of suicide in older adults, is a widely underrecognized and undertreated medical illness...

A Public Health Commitment to Suicide Prevention
...Suicide seldom shatters just one life. Out of the grave crawls guilt for the living and anguish over the dead. Suicide rips families apart...

A Consumer's Guide to Mental Health Services
...Twenty percent of adult Americans - or one in five - will have a mental illness during their lifetime that is severe enough to require treatment...

Surgeons General - Call to Action to Prevent Suicide
...This Surgeon General's Call To Action introduces a blueprint for addressing suicide...