People working in the field of suicide prevention were shaking their heads after a recent state report found that after three years of declining numbers, the suicide rate increased to 18.4 per 100,000 or a record high of 940 suicides in Colorado in 2009.
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Denver Post OpEd Piece on Suicide in Colorado
A guest commentary by Zeik Saidman in the Denver Post discusses Colorado's high suicide rate in 2009:
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