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CHC/SEK, AFSP partner to hold suicide prevention training
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas Director of Behavioral Health April Lemon leads a presentation called “Talk Saves Lives” alongside American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Greater Kansas Chapter Area Director Madison Ross during a suicide prevention training session held Wednesday in the John U. Parolo Education Center. - photo by Aaron Pyle
PITTSBURG, Kan. — While decreasing since Covid and ranking 10th in the leading number of deaths in the United States, suicide continues to claim lives approximately every 11 minutes, translating to 134 people dying by suicide every day and more than 48,000 annually.