Alexa [400]: Kenneth Craycraft explores the historical challenges surrounding the treatment of mental illness, highlighting three key barriers in a recent column. The first is the lack of understanding about the sources and causes of mental health issues, which remain largely mysterious
Approximately 49,500 Americans took their own lives last year, making suicide one of the leading causes of death in our country. National statistics indicate that one person commits suicide every 11 minutes.
Especially concerning is the rate of suicide among young people ages