http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-suicide
Nearly 30,000 Americans commit suicide every year.
In the U.S., suicide rates are highest during the spring.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds and second for 24- to 35-year-olds.
On average, one person commits suicide every 16.2 minutes.
Each suicide intimately affects at least six other people.
About two-thirds of people who complete suicide are depressed at the time of their deaths. Depression that is untreated, undiagnosed, or ineffectively treated is the number one cause of suicide.
There is one suicide for every 25 attempted suicides.
Males make up 79 percent of all suicides, while women are more prone to having suicidal thoughts.
1 in 65,000 children ages 10 to 14 commit suicide each year.
There are twice as many deaths due to suicide than HIV/AIDS.
More than half of all suicides are completed with a firearm.
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/suicide-warning-signs-and-risk-factors
Sometimes a suicidal person will give no signs that they plan to commit suicide, but there are some signs that you should know about.
Warning Signs
Thinking or talking suicide through, threatening to hurt oneself or thinking of ways to do so
Withdrawal from friends and family
Substance abuse or increased substance use
Purposelessness, no sense of a reason for living
Expression of a lack of future orientation (i.e. “It won’t matter soon anyway”)
Anxiety, depression
A sense of feeling trapped
Anger
Giving away valued possessions
Recklessness, engaging in risky activity without thinking
Dramatic changes in mood
Hopelessness
For someone who has been very depressed, when that depression begins to lift, the person may actually be at increased risk of suicide because the person will have the psychological energy to follow through on suicidal thoughts
Risk Factors
Alcohol abuse and dependence
Schizophrenia
Eating disorders
Personality disorders
Drug abuse and dependence
Major depression
Bipolar depression
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Suicide and Mental Health Crisis Hotlines
Suicide Prevention
1-800-SUICIDE [784-2433]
Mental Health Crisis
1-800-273-TALK [8255]
LGBTQ Crisis and Suicide Helpline
1-866-488-7386
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