Marie Osmond sons death | Why did it happen?

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Marie Osmond's son's death last Friday has shined the spotlight once more on a problem that most people don't want to talk about: teen suicide. ABC News indicates that 18-year-old Michael Blosil had been struggling with depression for years and had previously been in rehab, but nobody anticipated that he would take such drastic action. Yet suicide is the third-leading cause of death among American teens, says the National Institutes of Mental Health. Boys like Michael Blosil are four times more at risk, too.

Once while traveling through Arizona, I saw a billboard that claimed that Arizona had the highest rate of teen suicide in the nation. This was a few years ago, so I imagine the dark statistics have changed. Yet it got me to thinking – what triggers this? At what point do teens turn away from help – or simply submerge – and not come up again?

Marie Osmond's son's death: "Very hard to predict"

That's what family therapist Terry Real said on "Good Morning America." He claims that depression is not a clear path straight to suicide, as many people suffer but most don't take their own lives. "So you look at not the depression per se, but the things the kid is doing to get away from it: Drugs and alcohol, acting out, along with feeling depressed," he said. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Marie Osmond sons death | Why did it happen?"