Title: Why Are Suicide Rates Rising? | Live Science
Headings: Why Are Suicide Rates Rising?
Why Are Suicide Rates Rising?
What's behind the rise?
Stopping suicide
If you or someone you know needs help, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

Content: She added that people need to understand that depression and other mental illness are chronic diseases, just like diabetes or multiple sclerosis. Lindau said she expects recent high-profile suicides to affect her private practice over the next few days, because patients will be thinking about it and, in worst-case scenarios, perhaps tempted to follow suit. "It's going to be pretty awful for them. But I confront it head on. I'm not going to be coy about it," she said. " I'm not pretending it didn't happen." For many people in crisis, she said, the most important thing is to just get through a 20-minute window when they are the most tempted to end their lives. If they can reach out to family or friends and get through that moment, the pain won't disappear, but they have much better odds of coming through the other side and moving toward treatment and recovery, Lindau said. If you or someone you know needs help, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Originally published on Live Science.