You can reach 700,000 people monthly with your message by becoming a proud sponsor of this award-winning Web site. Click here for more information and contact. We commend Dr. David Satcher , the Surgeon General, for his Call to Action to Prevent Suicide, published last year, along with his recent Report on Mental Health the first in the nation s history. Ninety percent of all people who take their own lives suffer from severe mental illnesses.
Suicide occurs because of biological factors in the brain that distorts rational thinking.
It does not result from lack of character or courage. Yet ignorance and stigma endure. Fortunately, Senator Specter and Senator Reid do. We need more public education about mental illness. We need more interventions.