SURVIVED BY HIS 11 YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER, WHO WAS 61 YEARS OLD
WITH THE SUICIDES OF
BOURDAIN AND FASHION DESIGNER
KATE SPADE THIS WEEK THERE IS
MORE ATTENTION TO THE NEW
STUDY ON SUICIDE THAT STUDY
SAY SUICIDE RATES HAVE
INCREASED 30 PERCENT IN THE
U.S. IN THE LAST 20 YEARS,
HEALTH REPORTER STEPHANIE
STAHL EXPLAINS WHO IS MOST AT
RISK AND HOW LOVED WONDERFUL
CAN HELP.
REPORTER: CDC IS CALLING
SUICIDE A NATIONAL PUBLIC
HEALTH PROBLEM, NEW RESEARCH
SHOWS THAT SUICIDES ARE UP IN
ALMOST EVERY STATE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, IN 2016, NEARLY 45
YOU THIS PEOPLE TOOK THEIR
LIVES, MORE THAN HALF DID NOT
HAVE A KNOWN, MENTAL HEALTH
DIAGNOSIS.
WE FOUND THAT MANY, COMMON
LIFE STRESSORS WERE PRESENT IN
THE PERIOD PRECEDING THE
SUICIDE, RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS
, FINANCIAL, JOB
ISSUES, PHYSICAL HEALTH
CONCERNS.
REPORTER: LOCALLY SUICIDE
RATES IN PENNSYLVANIA ARE UP
34.3 PERCENT, IN NEW JERSEY
19.2 AND IN DELAWARE THERE HAS
BEEN ALMOST A 6 PERCENT
INCREASE.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS TO LOOK FOR
INCLUDE ISOLATION, AGITATION,
ANGER, ALCOHOL, DRUG USE AND
CHANGES IN SLEEP PATTERNS.
EXPERTS SAY IT IS PERFECT TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION IF YOU ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEONE.
BE QUITE DIRECT AND SAY I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT YOU HERE'S
WHAT YOU HAVE NOTICED AND IF
THEY ARE EXPRESSING FEELINGS
OF HOPELESSNESS WOULD I
ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO ASK THE
QUESTION WHEN IT GETS THAT WAY
FOR YOU DO YOU EVER THINK OF
ENDING YOUR LIFE.
JUST LIKE THAT THAT WILL OPEN
UP A SPACE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
IS GOING ON.
REPORTER: NATIONAL SUICIDE
PREVENTION HOT LINE NUMBER IS
800-273-TALK ORR TEXT TALK TO
741741.
EXPERTS SAY, THERE WAS A,
HIGHER NUMBER OF SUICIDENESS
AREAS HIT BY THE ECONOMIC DOWN
TURN, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREA
IN WESTERN STATES.
I'M STEPHANIE STAHL FOR CBS-3
"EYEWITNESS NEWS".
WE WANT TO REPEAT THAT
EVEN IF NUMBER FOR YOU RIGHT
NOW, IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU
LOVE NEED HELP PLACE CALL THE
NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION
