dr. joshua whiner joins us to talk about suicide and what to do if someone y i lo having thoughts of suicidea very importantsubject. do you have any idea the numbers of people that have suicidal thoughts? >>. >> we have some ideas of the numbers, when it comes to adults, 18 and older, roughly 4% of adults in a given year will say they had thoughts of suicide. of those, 13% of those will go ono make a suicide attempt in the course of the year. for teens and those in high school 18% to 20% in a year ve add suicidal thoughts. and 8% of those overall will make an attempt in a given year. these are massive numbers. for teens, about 2% overall will make an attempt that lands them in the hospital nndding medical treatment. this is really unbelievable i think. >> ahey are, you mentionnd, very largeery alarming. now that we have these numbers, what about those people thave suicidal thoughts, how many sf them seek help? >> this a scary thing, too. we know that people in general who are suffering with mental illness, often the vast mveority seek any kind of help. they just go at it alone. they try to p