Between 1952 and 1996, the reported rates of suicide among adolescents and young adults nearly tripled. Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among children between 10 and 14 and the second between 15 - 24 year olds. More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza and chronic lung disease combined. Endowment Fund Established with Aurora Foundation Darryll Jordan, as a representative of Aurora Foundation, with Sherry Bryant, President of the Board of Suicide Prevention Services announced at the November 20 Survivors for Suicide Prevention Day the establishment of a permanent endowment fund for Suicide Prevention Services. I am very pleased that Todd's 'story' is not finished and still lives on in generosity and community action toward better lives for all.
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There has been no reduction in the number of suicides in the United States for decades and just this last summer, suicide moved up one step as the eighth leading cause of death in America. It surpassed AIDS which used to be the eighth but moved down to number 9 through aggressive advocacy, research, and treatment progress. The general public has not received accurate information on symptoms of major depression and signs of suicidal behavior. Resources in suicide prevention are directed to crisis and intervention rather than prevention efforts that, when properly enacted, lessen the need for crisis intervention. For decades professionals and the general public believed that ulcers were caused by stress, job pressure, diet, and he ever popular family dysfunction.