TRAVERSE CITY — “Suicide is a real risk, depression’s a real risk and I wish it was something that was made up because it wouldn’t happen so frequently,” said Psycho-therapist Daniel Herd.

September is Suicide Awareness Month and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last year more than 49,000 Americans took their own lives.

Signs of suicide are wide ranging and very from person to person.

“No one’s going to show up at your door banging on doors, saying I’m suicidal, help me get to someplace,” said Herd.

Over the last three years the number of suicides in the U.S. has increased, the CDC said one person dies every 11 minutes from suicide.

Mental health professionals say some of the most important things to watch for in loved ones are growing hopelessness and detachment fr

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