Suicide Intervention
Listen 00:03:22Each year, close to 40,000 Americans die by suicide – and researchers are always looking for new ways to prevent these deaths. But – a new study finds that one simple intervention is not being utilized as it should be. Maiken Scott and Dan Gottlieb discuss this in their weekly conversation.
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