Teen Suicide: A Growing Epidemic

Danny Pullman was only nine years old when he first considered suicide. At summer camp and away from home for the first time, he felt that was the only solution to end his anxiety and unhappiness. Although he didn't go through with it at that time, when he was a senior in high school he again decided suicide was the only way out of his stress and feelings of hopelessness. He decided his exit route …

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