How to Ask Someone if He or She Is Suicidal

http://www.health.com: In this video, Kenneth Robbins, MD, clinical associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explains how you can help someone avoid suicide. Depression kills, and suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the National Institute of Mental Health. More than 90% of people who commit suicide have depression or another mental disorder, with or without a substance abuse problem.

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• depression
• suicide