About 32,000 U.S. adults kill themselves each year. But millions more think about suicide or even make plans to kill themselves, according to a new national survey. The 2008 survey found that an estimated 8.3 million people ages 18 and older — 3.7% of the adult population — had serious thoughts of suicide in the previous year. Of those who pondered suicide, an estimated 2.3 million — 1% of the adult population — made a suicide plan, and about half of those actually attempted suicide, the survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found. Suicidal thoughts occur most often in people ages 18 to 25, according to the study. And substance abuse disorders were associated with an increased risk to consider, plan or attempt suicide; 11% of people who had substance abuse disorders had serious thoughts of suicide, compared with 3% of those with no history of substance use disorders. The survey was conducted of 46,190 American adults. "This study offers a far…[...]

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2 million adults made suicide plans, survey says