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Suicide is one of the three leading causes of death among adolescents behind accidents and homicide.

Many suicidal teens are successfully treated for depression and other mental disorders.

But in a few instances, outpatient care or even weeks in a hospital will not improve their condition.

They need a long term residential facility.

NHPR's Kerry Grens has the story of one family's discovery that in New Hampshire, these places don't exist.