My dghtr told me she was depressed and would go to see someone, yet I read her diary and found a suicide note. She knows I read it now what?

I have to agree with lisak52. Your daughter needs help right away. She wrote it in her diary, and there is a family history of depression and suicide.

Breaching trust by reading the diary is a point that you can both deal with once you see a counselor that specializes in depression and suicide, preferably one that works with teens. I would take this very seriously. There is probably a genetic and chemical factor that is making her behave this way.

She may need both drug therapy and psychological therapy. You have to get at the root of her problem. I suspect some of it has to do with her father's suicide.

You definitely need to educate yourself more about teens and suicide as well. Here is one quote and a site: "Most teens interviewed after making a suicide attempt say that they did it because they were trying to escape from a situation that seemed impossible to deal with or to get relief from really bad thoughts or feelings" (kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_hea...). This is a pretty good site that talks about depression, substance abuse, warning signs (though I think you already have that) and what you can do to help.

Mostly, though, I think you have to take her threats seriously, which I believe you are doing. The next step is to find someone knowledgeable that can help you. If you are in the U.S., you can go through her school or call a suicide prevention number for her (or get her to call), or take her to a hospital for evaluation.

I'm not really sure what the procedures would be in another country. Here is another good site (aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/tee...). Best of luck to you.

GET HER HELP, LIKE YESTERDAY! You have an obligation as a parent to do something. If your husband did it than it is already in her head.

Get her to a therapist ASAP! She is asking for help. You need to do it before it is to late.

She will forgive you for reading her diary eventually.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.