Solution+Research

=__**Solution 1: Educate society**__ = http://www.sptsusa.org/educators/talking-myth.html > //Home//. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. . =__**Solution 2: Increase in hotlines and support groups**__ = "VA sets up suicide crisis hot line." // DAV Magazine // Sept.-Oct. 2007: 21. // Student Resources in Context //. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA169961547&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w http://www.teensuicideprevention.org/ National Crisis Hotline/Active and Inactive Military
 * Talking about suicide will not plant the idea in teen's heads because they are already well aware of suicide from their experiences with suicidal peers and from things they have been exposed to in the media.
 * Over the course of 30 years of hotline experience and 20 years of school-based suicide prevention programming, there has never been a case of planting the idea of committing suicide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has clearly stated this"There is no evidence of increased suicide ideation or behavior among program participants." "Furthermore, numerous research and intervention efforts have been completed without any reports of harm."
 * There have been several evaluations of school-based programs that show increased likelihood that program participants will tell an adult about a suicidal peer or will report suicidal thoughts as compared with controls
 * Place to learn all things about suicide
 * Preventable through education
 * Important to know the signs
 * Look for the signs
 * Take it seriously
 * Talk to them about it
 * Ask if they have plans to commit suicide
 * Address the issue could help
 * Get professional help
 * coordinators at each of its 153 medical centers
 * Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a 24-hour, national hot line.
 * coordinators take part in training clinicians and non-clinicians on warning signs
 * Staffed by mental health professionals, it operates seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
 * The hot line is based at the Canandaigua VA medical center in New York state.

North Colorado Medical Center - Emergency Room North Range Behavioral Health Emergency Medical Assistance http://www.sptsusa.org/educators/talking-myth.html
 * 1- 800-SUICIDE (784-2433)
 * (970) 350-6366
 * Greeley (970) 347-2120
 * Ft. Lupton (303) 857-2723
 * Toll Free 1-888-296-5827
 * 911