Suicide has major impact on family members and the youth's peers. It can't happen to my teenage child. Talking about suicidal intent will lead to suicide. Suicide attempt is a manipulative behaviour and therefore should be ignored or even punished. Suicides occur only in lower socio-economic groups.
Suicides come out of the blue with little or no warning.
Depression and other mental disorders do not occur in young people. Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of adolescent death, following homicide and accidents. As many as a quarter of a million adolescents make a serious unsuccessful effort to kill themselves every year. About every 20 seconds someone someone in america attempts suicide. Every 90 minutes a teenager or young adult is successful in killing themselves.