Suicide, from the Latin phrase sui caedere (to kill one's self), is defined as the intentional termination of one's own life, and is a significant public health problem that encompasses a continuum of thoughts and behaviors ranging from suicide ideation to suicide attempts to death by suicide. Suicide is the 5th leading cause of years of potential life lost before age 65, and is the 11th overall leading cause of death in the United States. Approximately 32,000 individuals in the United States die by suicide annually, and the number of suicide attempts, although believed to be an underestimate, is undoubtedly much higher. In fact, whereas the number of suicide deaths in the United States has slightly decreased since the 1990s, the number of suicide attempts remains the same. This is an important consideration because suicide attempts are one of the strongest predictors of future death by suicide.