Suicide Shakedown and Ride Rally at High Desert Harley Davidson on Saturday

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MERIDIAN, Idaho — The Ada County Coroner reports that in the past few years nearly 80 percent of the suicides in Ada County have been middle-aged males.

So the Ada County Coroner and One More Day, a military and veteran organization that works on suicide prevention has collaborated to create a motorcycle ride to try and make a difference.

"We started reviewing the different programs out there and actually I met David Conley of One More Day through Facebook," said Dotti Owens, the Ada County Coroner. "Our goal this weekend is to roll out man therapy which is a preventative mechanism for suicide for adult middle-age males."

Man therapy is a website geared towards helping this demographic who sometimes struggles to ask for help, the website features resources including a head inspection test, a crisis chat and videos designed for men.

"If you go to their website and you watch it they have the most pompous doctor you ever heard and basically he's telling us we are stupid for not asking for help and that is the message we need to get out," said David Conley of One More Day. "Reaching out and asking for help is not a sign of weakness, it is a sign of strength."


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