Some sort of depression. Maybe a loved one, maybe you, could be both. No one is immune, no kind or face or place. Someone takes their life every 12 minutes in this country because of it. Its five lives lost in this hour. Maybe tonight we can come together, we can give it some attention, some information, maybe there can be one less. This problem presents the most pernicious paradox for us because unlike other diseases, we know we can treat it and beat it. Almost every other disease we too often wont admit we have it or seek treatment. Only Mental Illness has that stigma. The need to take it out of the shadows, thats the point of tonight, erase the stigma. There is hope, there is help. Let me show you the problem and the solution. Please, come with me. Lets get after it. Here is the fact the u. S. Suicide rate is up 33 over the last two decades. Its the highest level since world war ii. On average 123 americans die by suicide each day. Its especially devastating on our most valued citiz
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