CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - September is National Suicide Prevention Month, which serves as a reminder to raise awareness, promote hope, and normalize help-seeking.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) states that one in 20 U.S. adults (5%) has serious thoughts of suicide each year, and about one person dies by suicide in the U.S. every 11 minutes. In the United States, suicide is the second leading cause of death among people ages 10-14 and among people ages 15-24, and the 11th leading cause of death overall.

Several factors can increase the risk for suicide or protect against it, such as how suicide is connected to other forms of injury and violence, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). People who have experienced violence, including child abuse, bu

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