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See full report at 6abc.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — September is National Suicide Prevention Month and experts say outreach is needed more than ever, especially for young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their rates of suicide continue to rise with LGBTQ+ young people at an even higher risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s why experts encourage people to have tough conversations about suicide. Madelyn Morrison remembers the first such conversation she had with her mother when she was just 12 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“She yelled and I was crying. And I remember trying to explain to her,” said Morrison about the incident in which her mother stopped her as she was contemplating suicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See full report at 6abc.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"