Suicide Prevention Resources

• Suicide is preventable. Most suicidal individuals desperately want to live; they are just unable to see alternatives to their problems.
• Most suicidal individuals give definite warnings of their suicidal intentions, but others are either unaware of the significance of these warnings or do not know how to respond to them.
• Talking about suicide does not cause someone to be suicidal.
• Suicide occurs across all age, economic, social, racial and ethnic boundaries.
• Suicidal behavior is complex and not a response to one problem that a person is experiencing. Some risk factors vary with age, gender, or ethnic group and may occur in combination or change over time.
• Surviving family members not only suffer the trauma of losing a loved one to suicide, they may themselves be at higher risk for suicide and emotional problems.

For more information, visit the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention web site.