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Suicide Prevention
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If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, please call CrisisLink at 703-527-4077 or
1-800-273-TALK (8255).
Violence kills 1.6 million people every year. We hear about many of those deaths on TV and in the newspaper. But fully half of those violent deaths are suicides. Those are the ones we don’t hear about - the ones people keep secret for a variety of reasons.
By not talking about depression and suicide, we just become part of the problem and make things worse. Let’s look at some basic facts:
- Suicide is the third leading cause of death among youth aged 15 to 24.
- Suicide cuts across gender, racial, and socioeconomic lines.
- Girls are 3 time more likely than boys to attempt suicide, but boys are four times more likely to complete suicide.
- Gay, lesbian, transgender, and questioning youth are four times more likely to kill themselves than their heterosexual counterparts.
- A firearm is the most commonly used method of suicide by people under age 24.
Get the answers and get help! Follow these links for more information on how to identify people at risk of taking their life and how to help them.
- Are You Depressed?
- Who's at Risk?
- What Situations Could Lead to Suicidal Thinking?
- Signs of Suicidal Behavior
- How to Find Out if Someone's Suicidal
- What to Say and Do if You or Someone You Know is Suicidal
- Suicide Myths
Download a Suicide Prevention Poster [Adobe Acrobat Reader required]
