The suicide rate in Santa Clara County has seen a slight drop for the third year in a row despite rising numbers nationwide, the county recently reported.
The county attributes the positive trend to a combination of behavioral health programs, such as the mobile crisis response team, school trainings and needs assessments, community suicide prevention trainings and a push for safe gun storage.
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