Article: FIRST-OF-A-KIND NATIONAL STUDY REVEALS THAT 8.3 MILLION ADULTS IN U.S. HAD SERIOUS THOUGHTS OF COMMITTING SUICIDE IN THE PAST YEAR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration issued the following press release:

Nearly 8.3 million adults (age 18 and older) in the U.S. (3.7 percent) had serious thoughts of committing suicide in the past year according to the first national scientific survey of its size on this public health problem. The study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) also shows that 2.3 million adult Americans made a suicide plan in the past year and that 1.1 million adults - 0.5 percent of all adult Americans - had actually attempted suicide in the past year.

The study provides ...

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