In 2018, 722 Louisiana residents died by suicide. That same year, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), over 47,000 Americans died the same way.
These tragic deaths are not rare. In fact, suicide is one of the top 10 causes of death in America and since the mid-2000’s, the national suicide rate has risen by almost 30 percent.
There is a myth that only individuals with serious mental ill…
