In our opinion, it is everyone's responsibility as a human being to stay educated on the warning signs of suicide. Every suicide may not be 100% preventable, but if we all learn to recognize when someone is in crisis and know the appropriate way to respond, there is a much greater chance of the crisis will be resolved without someone losing their life. Individuals can live fulfilling and successful lives with mental illness. There is help available! Thanks to the American Fou

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Threat of Addiction to Prescription Painkillers Heightened With Mental Illness November 10, 2013 NEWPORT, N.H.—Desperation drove Timothy Fazio, a former Marine, to turn up around midnight at a veterans' hospital near Boston. His post-traumatic stress disorder was causing flashbacks and blackouts. He had leapt from a balcony. And he had overdosed, twice, on painkillers originally prescribed for a hand injury suffered in Iraq. "I want detox," Mr. Fazio told doctors that night i