Upstate psychiatrist Seetha Ramanathan, MD, at microphone, and Jay Carruthers, MD, director of suicide prevention at the state Office of Mental Health in Albany, inset

Varied efforts aim to prevent suicides in New York state

New York state has the lowest suicide rate in the country, at a time when the rate of suicide in America is on the rise. Talking about some of the state's suicide prevention programs are psychiatrists Seetha Ramanathan, MD, from Upstate and Jay Carruthers, MD, the director of suicide prevention in the state Office of Mental Health.