There are signs someone may be contemplating suicide, according to a local mental health expert.
“Most people who take their lives exhibit one or more warning signs, either through what they say or what they do,” said Derick Duston, director of outpatient mental health and substance abuse at Charlotte Behavioral Health Center in Punta Gorda.
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