http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Sec...walksiteID=176

THis might be the one you mentioned. I see CT has one in 08 as well. I will have to show Sam. Thanks for mentioning this. he will be very interested. We were not helped by NAMI< but others can be! We are all for pointing others in direction of help>

This is a great organization for helping. There are SO many states that have high statistics. Cities especially, but not solely. The demographics are interesting by race and gender as well. Of course those with chronic health issues make things more complex as well.

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http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?sec...our_local_NAMI

some very tragic statistics:
Suicide is the fifth leading cause of death among those 5-14 years old.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among those 15-24 years old.
Between the mid-1950s and the late 1970s, the suicide rate among U.S. males aged 15-24 more than tripled (from 6.3 per 100,000 in 1955 to 21.3 in 1977). Among females aged 15-24, the rate more than doubled during this period (from 2.0 to 5.2). The youth suicide rate generally leveled off during the 1980s and early 1990s, and since the mid-1990s has been steadily decreasing.
Among young people aged 10-14 years, the rate has doubled in the last two decades.
Between 1980-1996, the suicide rate for African-American males aged 15-19 has also doubled.
Risk factors for suicide among the young include suicidal thoughts, psychiatric disorders (such as depression, impulsive aggressive behavior, bipolar disorder, certain anxiety disorders), drug and/or alcohol abuse and previous suicide attempts, with the risk increased if there is situational stress and access to firearms.

statistics by state
http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseac...C1494E2FADB8EA