After 35 years as a clinical child and adolescent psychologist and a medical school professor, treating hundreds of children and teens who suffer from depression and suicidal thoughts and meeting with thousands of parents, I had hoped that through research, training and clinical care, I’d eventually be put out of business.

Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Each year, millions of children, teens and young adults experience serious thoughts of death and suicide.

In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is now the second-leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults in our country, accounting for more deaths than all medical illnesses combined. For many groups, suicide rates have been rising during recent years.

The kids are not all right.

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