Suicidal behavior is complex. Some risk factors vary with age, gender and ethnic group and may even change over time. The risk factors for suicide frequently occur in combination. Research has shown that more than 90 percent of people who commit suicide have depression or another diagnosable mental or substance abuse disorder.

A suicidal person urgently needs to see a doctor or mental health service provider. Here are some warning signs you should know about.

In February 2002, KBHC launched its Hope Truck Outreach Program. The Hope Center logo with "Learn the Warning Sings" message is painted on a KBHC commissioned 18-wheeler which travels across the country logging over 10,000 miles monthly delivering the 1.800.SUICIDE number to all highway and by-way travelers.

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Under Suicide: The Forever Decision by Paul G. Quinnett
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In Harm’s Way: Suicide in America This document is available from the National Institute of Mental Health — www.nimh.nih.gov.

NIMH’s website provides information from the Federal agency that conducts and supports research on mental illnesses. NIMH also offers a variety of publications to help researcher, mental health and health care practitioners, people with mental disorders, and the general public gain a better understanding of mental disorders and the research programs of the Institute. You can order publications from their website. If you have a fax machine with a telephone handset, also check out NIMH FAX4U. Some of their publications and many other information items can be faxed directly to you – in a matter of minutes.