quite significantly. Suicide claimed the lives of just under 45,000 Americans in 2016 -- over 10,000 more Americans than it did in 2007 -- according to additional CDC research.

Among those ages 10 to 34 years old, suicide is the second leading cause of death, according to CDC data compiled by the National Institute of Mental Health.

Mental health, suicide, and the church

Still, in 2017, LifeWay researchers found that suicide remained a "taboo" topic in many Protestant churches.

The survey of 1,000 Protestant senior pastors and 1,000 Protestant and nondenominational churchgoers found that while many want their churches to be a place families and individuals dealing with suicide can turn, a disconnect still exists.

Eight in 10 pastors agreed their church is equipped to assist someone threatening suicide. However, only 3 inStudents of JNU once again gathered at the administrative block to celebrate the release of Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya from judicial custody on Friday evening. Chants of 'lal salaam' were once again shouted at the highest pitch possible, and they reverberated in the campus

JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar wore it as a badge of great honour and Umar Khalid, who was released on Friday after spending 25 days in jail, flaunted it too.

They flashed their jail sojourn as a medal of their rebellious-revolutionary zeal. Students of JNU once again gathered at the administrative block to celebrate the release of Umar and Anirban Bhattacharya from judicial custody on Friday evening. Chants of "lal salaam" were once again shouted at the highest pitch possible, and they reverberated in the campus.

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