About Us
United Way of Northern New Mexico and Self Help, Inc. have formed a partnership to assist the community of Los Alamos in accessing mental health care. The losalamomenmtalhealth.org website includes information for individuals who struggle with mental health issues, their families, co-workers, friends, clergy, and teachers and gives community members a place to turn to for current information.
To provide information with regard to the website, contact Maura Taylor:
Self Help, Inc.
505-662-4666
director@selfhelpla.org
17.0% of students seriously considered...
attempting suicide in the previous 12 months (22.4% of females and 11.6% of males).
8.0% of students attempted suicide one or more times...
in the previous 12 months (10.6% of females and 5.4% of males).
Firearms accounted for 56% of used methods...
...for male suicide. Poisoning is the most common method of suicide for females (34.8%).