More than 3,000 children and young adults, ages 10-24, take their own lives each year in this country. That's the human loss equivalent, in children, of September 11, repeating itself every year.
– U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
Talking about it is the first step in eliminating the stigma associated with this issue. Then people can start seeing this for the common and treatable problem that it is.