One mother, who lost her son to suicide, says support groups in Nevada are working hard to keep the numbers of suicide down.
"Funny, sensitive, troubled. I didn't know how troubled," said Linda Flatt, as she remembers her son Paul.
A photograph of Paul shows a tall, thin man in a Navy uniform. In 1993, the 25-year-old man killed himself after living with a gambling problem. It's been 20 years since his death, but for his mother, it is still very fresh.
"It took me about three years to put myself back together after he died," Flatt said.
She had nowhere to turn. That's why she has pushed for legislation to open the Nevada State Office of Suicide Prevention. Since opening in 2005, it's helped lower the suicide rate in the state.
"We were number one for a very long time in the suicide rate. Since then, we have gone to number five and we are currently number four," said Richard Egan, Nevada State Office of Suicide Prevention. "It could be divorce, it could be the loss of a child, it could be financial, it could be the loss of a home."
