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World Suicide Prevention Day

September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day.  According to WHO statistics someone, somewhere in the world, commits suicide every 40 seconds. In the last 45 years, global suicide rates have increased 60%, and it is now among the three leading causes of death for people between the ages of 15 and 44 and the second [...]

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Mental Health Awareness Month

Did you know that one in five individuals will be affected by mental illness at some point in their lifetime? Because of the stigma and discrimination associate with mental illness, however, 75 per cent of those people will never seek the help they need. Mental health awareness initiatives, such as the You Know Who I [...]

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