Suicide prevention methods in Alameda County focus on groups most at risk

Teens have the second highest suicide rate after middle-aged men.

A teen text-line and an older men’s support group prove Alameda County’s progressive suicide prevention initiatives that focusing on the two groups remaining the most at risk in recent years: teens and elderly men.

OR (my first sentence):

Alameda County Crisis Support Services is making strides in suicide prevention developing innovative programs—a teen text line and an older men’s support group—tailored to the two populations most at risk: youth and elderly men.

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