Coping with and Preventing Suicide
Did you know that more teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from
cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia and influenza,
and chronic lung disease, combined? Additionally, suicide is now the eighth
leading cause of death in Americans, according to the National Strategy for
Suicide Prevention. Special guests on this show include Lynne Hofmaster, Leader
of Survivors Road2Healing in Freeport, IL, Sally Cantwell, member of the group,
Ray of Hope, and Dr. Charles Smith, Chairperson of the Suicide Prevention Task
Force.