Join WQPT on September 12, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. for a screening of excerpts from the film, A Reason to Live, and an engaging panel discussion about suicide prevention and mental wellness. Every day, 20 young people die by suicide in the United States. A Reason to Live, is a powerful documentary on teen and […]
Haley DeGreve just graduated from Augustana College in May, but the Alleman High alum and Moline native already has become a national advocate in the fight for suicide prevention. On average, there are 132 suicides per day in the U.S., totaling 48,344 in 2018 (the most recent data available). The rates have been rising steadily […]
In the United States, a person dies by suicide every 13.3 minutes, claiming more than 39,500 lives each year. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) funds research aimed at improving our understanding of suicide and ways to prevent it as well as educational programs to increase awareness about prevention, warning signs and the psychiatric […]
