It gets a little easier all the time to talk about suicide... on a general statistics-and-treatment level.
Individual cases can still be extremely tricky, because of longstanding societal stigmas about suicidal thoughts and actions.
Shasta County's mental health apparatus swung into action against the taboos, creating"Stand Against Stigma."
The project features a number of people putting their faces and stories forward, letting the world know of their struggles with depression and other mental illness. Marc Dadigan of Shasta County Health and Human Services visits; we get personal stories from Cree Moore and Mike Skondin.