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Article: Curbing the staggering suicide rate.(FDA.gov)
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- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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The statistics boggle the mind: Suicide takes the lives of nearly 30,000 Americans every year, over half of whom are men ages 25-65; every 18 minutes a life is lost to suicide in the United States; males are four times more likely to die by suicide than are females; and for every two victims of homicide, there are three persons who take their own lives.
To help Americans understand suicide and to suggest ways to prevent it, the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention has created a Web site that combines the resources of suicide researchers, clinicians, and survivors. On it, you'll find information on:
* understanding and helping the suicidal person * ...