How to curb Utah's teen-suicide rate? Hatch-convened roundtable says kids needs access to mental-health services

Republican state Sen. Daniel Thatcher was 11 years old when he lost his first classmate to suicide. He was 16 when he lost his close friend. That’s why, he says, it’s so important to drop the stigma and talk about suicide. “If you talk to someone, they live,” Thatcher, from West Valley City, said. “If you connect them to support, they live.” Thatcher was one of a number of experts speaking Friday at U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch’s Teen Suicide Prevention Roundtable in Salt Lake City. Hatch convened the... <iframe src="http://ift.tt/1U4Gxtc" height="1" width="1" > </frame> from Healthcare - The Salt Lake Tribune http://ift.tt/2gUdI8R