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Blog Name: 16 Minutes
Url: http://everysixteenminutessomeonedies.blogspot.com
Language: English
Topics: suicide, advocacy, mental health
Description: a site focused on the tragedy that every 16 minutes someone dies from their own hand. Discusses what we can do to prevent this needless tragedy from occurring in other people's lives.
Popularity: 28 Followers

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I want to take a minute to recommend what I think might be the best suicide prevention blog I know. It it http://everyminute.org. It is written by my friend Michael Corbin. You will find more up to date information there than about any place I know. Michael also does a good job presenting one of the best cases for more mental healh research of anybody I know.Check it out. You will be glad you did.
How big a problem is it really?
The following article is from SAMSHA. The numbers are absolutely startling. Please pass this information on to others you know. NO one has to die.Date: 9/17/2009 Media Contact: SAMHSA PressTelephone: 240-276-2130First-of-a-Kind National Study Reveals that 8.3 Million Adults in the U.S. had Serious Thoughts of Committing Suicide in the Past Year2.3 Million Adults Made a Suicide Plan and 1.1 Million Adults Actually Attempted Suicide in the Past YearNearly 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 i

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