"Federal health authority's said that suicide rates in the US had risen by 30% since 1999 and represents and increasing public health problem "

Interesting date . Pretty much around the time the internet took off in a big way . When we went "global" , comparing ourselves to every other person in the world and having information bombarded on us from all angles . Suddenly being able to communicate and exist on another level . Just a cerebral level involving your brain , your eyes and your keyboard . The information highway opened up everything to us , some really great things , and even more things we really don't need in our lives and are probably not healthy for us .