This document presents the transcripts of a Congressional hearing called to bring attention to the growing problem of suicide. The opening statement of Representative Tom Lantos is presented. Prepared statements of 16 witnesses are provided, including psychotherapists from the Houston International Hospital; a mother and a father of teenage suicide victims; representatives from several suicide prevention centers in California; the executive officer, American Association of Suicidology; a student at the University of California; a representative of the California State Department of Education; a representative of a member of Congress from California; the director of the Cindy Smallwood Foundation, Program on Quasi-Morticide, California; the director of pupil personnel and guidance, Oakland California Public Schools; the head of the Suicide Research Unit, National Institute of Mental Health; and a diplomate in clinical psychology from the Menninger Foundation. Topics covered include the prevalence of suicide among teens, the need for public awareness, establishment of a national centralized computer bank on suicide, prevention of adolescent and adult suicide, and suicide in the black community. (KGB)