American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

When Dese’Rae Stage interviews survivors of suicide attempts for a website she created, she asks herself a question news reporters may not always consider: How much did it hurt? A survivor herself, she wants to be sure that readers of her website “Live Through This” come away with a real picture of suicide — no romance, no facile explanations and...

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An increase in suicide rates among U.S. teens occurred at the same time social media use surged and a new analysis suggests there may be a link. Suicide rates for teens rose between 2010 and 2015 after they had declined for nearly two decades, according to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why the rates went...

Join hundreds of people who are committed to preventing suicide — and to funding research and support for those at risk and their loved ones — at an upcoming “Out of the Darkness” walk.

Join hundreds of people who are committed to preventing suicide — and to funding research and support for those at risk and their loved ones — at an upcoming “Out of the Darkness” walk.

A new study reveals the number of people thinking about suicide — and it might surprise you. Pat Lawson Muse has more and is joined by Ryan Newcomb of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Join hundreds of people who are committed to preventing suicide — and to funding research and support for those at risk and their loved ones — at one of four “Out of the Darkness” walks coming up in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.