17 June,2009 03:50 PM IST | | Mid Day Correspondent
If you know somebody in your friends' or relatives' circle who is suicide prone, then you need to give them help at the earliest.
Check out what the New York Times has to say on this topic.
This site says that suicide is the eleventh most common cause of death in the US and offers you various resources on the topic.
People can seek help on the Net in various places like this or this.
While suicide affects all of us, we can seek inspiration from popular people who beat the thought. Alec Baldwin says "I spoke to a lot of professionals, who helped me."
Wikipedia says that two of the most popular locations in the world for committing suicide are reportedly San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and Japan's Aokigahara Forest.