I can give you some insight into possibly what he is feeling. You see when I was a wee lad of his age I went thru the same exact thing. My issue on friends was partly because we moved a lot growing up. However I did reach a point where I did not want any. My grades suffered and I mentioned the thought of suicide more than once as well. The truth of the matter is that being a teenager sucks. Esp for a boy at that age. I am not discounting what women go through, its just I only know the male side of it. My personal suggestion would be to try to get him the help once again. If he does not take to it, like I did not. Just be there and help support him in what he needs. I found that for me the more my parents fought with me the more I did not want the help and refused it. I can tell you when I got my act together. I was 17 and went on a hike across the appalachian mountians with a church camp. I found a counselor there who did not push me. He knew there was something wrong as where everyone was paired with another person I kicked my partner out the first night. However he was patient and just hung back. He did not try and talk to me or push me towards anything. He just simply stuck around. After about the third night I was rather upset he was always around. I went to him to tell him to back off and leave me alone. When I told him how I felt he apologized for it and said he did not mean anything. He was just curious about where I drew my strength from to face this challange alone. I was shocked that someone thought I was strong. We spent the entire night talking. He opened my eyes to a lot of things. He did not judge, he did not try and tell me I was wrong, or that things needed to be changed. He simply sat there and listened to me. When I was done he said only a few words. "I understand how you feel and how alone you must feel. I will not try and tell you that I know what you are going thru or that you need to change anything, but I want you to know that you can call and talk to me about anything anytime." He gave me his home phone number and we left it at that. By the end of the hike I was a different person. His affirming that I was not wrong and that I was ok, that it was ok I felt that way was what I needed. I didn't need someone to fix me, just to listen to me and let me vent how I needed to, without them acting like an adult or an uncaring teenager. I am not saying this is your son, it was only me. However it may be worth the chance of finding someone your son can connect to like I did him.

I wish you the best with him, and remember being a teenager sux...it has to...it is what prepares us for adulthood and the trials we all face here.