September is suicide prevention month. Every day 90 people die by suicide in the United States, and 15,000 people attempt suicide daily. Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States with about 44,000 individuals ending their lives each year. It is the second leading cause of death among people aged 25-34 and the third leading cause of death among adolescents aged 10-24. Twenty-five percent of people who die by suicide were intoxicated at the time of their death.
This issue of the Behavioral Health Awareness Campaign newsletter is focused on raising awareness about this issue and with publicizing the resources that are available to help us to address this public health crisis.
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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AWARENESS CAMPAIGN September 2017 NEWSLETTER
