Treating depression, preventing suicides

RHINELANDER - Doctors think about three people in the US will commit suicide within the next half hour. More than 38,000 people die by suicide every year. Mental health experts in the Northwoods want to help bring that number down with new help options.

Mental health experts say depression is a treatable condition. There are many services in the Northwoods that can help.

Vilas, Oneida and Forest counties have a Mental Health Interagency Coalition.

Full story: WJFW

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