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You have reached the Suicide Hotline... please hold. I heard on the radio driving home one night, the 10th leading cause of death in America is suicide. So the first thing I did was look for statistics. From 2016 I found a chart that states an American dies by suicide every 12.3 minutes. There were 1.1 MILLION estimated suicide attempts and 43,000 actually died. 4 men per every 1 woman die from suicide but 3 times more women are likely to attempt. A cruel thought would be men are just better at it than women. I don't mean that as a joke. So, I'm thinking do people actually have to wait when calling a suicide hotline? Yes. According to one website it explains that it depends on the hotline you call. Some calls may be routed to a central location. Typically, the caller will hear a message confirming they reached the suicide hotline and get placed on hold (with music) until someone can answer the call. Calls are usually answered by trained staff with counselors, but not always. Like anything else, I'm sure weekends or the end of the month are busy periods. Why the end of the month? If you know someone who rents a room and needs to find another place to stay, living on the street until you find another place could be enough to end your life. |
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Serious problem, it is...
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Jim, thanks for your comment. I know some veterans who aren't getting the medical attention they need and resort to alcohol, but that just pulls them down lower, especially when they feel there is no where to go for support.
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9/10/2018 5:03 am |
In China, women, especially rural women, have the highest suicide rate. Studies have revealed that there is a correlation between suicide rate and homicide rate. When a society's homicide rate decreases, its suicide rate will rise. It can be understood that society suppresses people's violent impulse, so people can only impose violence on themselves. How to reduce the suicide rate? I think the most important thing is to establish a more equal society with a smaller gap between the rich and the poor.
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