CDC Makes Recommendations for Preventing Suicide

This fact sheet on the Centers for Disease Control Web site tackles an issue persistently in the front of my mind: the prevention of suicide, especially by the young white males who are most likely to commit it. Many of us have seen this CDC fact sheet before, but because of the significant lack of study the issue of male suicide receives from the medical profession--and the fact that men are four times more likely than women to successfully commit it--I thought it was worth posting here. Also, a good beginning resource for male sufferers of depression may be found on this site, the work of our friend Steve Imparl.

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