Suicide Trend on the Rise

''Today marks the 13th annual World Suicide Prevention Day. Created in 2003, the day centers around raising awareness about suicide, which the World Health Organization reports is the second leading cause of death in young adults. But as suicide prevention initiatives continue to grow, suicides themselves continue to rise, and no one is really sure why.

As Vox reported in April, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows suicides increased by nearly a quarter between 1999 and 2014.

"We know about risk factors like psychiatric illnesses or a history of substance abuse, but we don't know the exact mixture," Dr. Alex Crosby, of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, told Vox. "It's hard to figure out what changed during that time period to have the rate go down and then go back up."...''

by Thor Benson