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Sources for Suicide Warning Signs

1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unintentional Injuries, Violence, and the Health of Young People, last referenced 8/17/07.

2Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance-United States, 2005. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2006, 55 (SS-5), last referenced 8/17/07.)

3American Psychiatric Association. Let's Talk Facts About Teen Suicide, last referenced 8/17/07.

4Nemours Foundation. About Teen Suicide, last referenced 8/17/07.

5National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics Report, last referenced 8/17/07.

6Nemours Foundation. About Teen Suicide, last referenced 8/17/07.

7American Association of Suicidology. Youth Suicide Fact Sheet, last referenced 8/17/07.

8Mental Health America. Young People and Suicide: Teen Suicide, last referenced 8/17/07.

9American Psychiatric Association. Let's Talk Facts About Teen Suicide, last referenced 8/17/07.

10Nemours Foundation. About Teen Suicide, last referenced 8/17/07.

11 12National Institute of Mental Health. Suicide in the U.S.: Statistics and Prevention, last referenced 8/17/07.

13Nemours Foundation. About Teen Suicide, last referenced 8/17/07.
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