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Suicide Prevention and Awareness Blog Day

On September 10th, the USC School of Social Work is sponsoring a day of suicide awareness blogging.

As I wrote in a previous post, September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day, co-sponsored by the World Health Organization and the International Association for Suicide Prevention. This year's theme is "Stigma: A Major Barrier for Suicide Prevention."

In conjunction with World Suicide Prevention Day, USC School of Social Work is inviting bloggers to write a suicide awareness and prevention themed blog post to be shared en masse on September 10th. Anyone who has a blog is invited to participate, regardless of the blog's usual subject matter. Bloggers can address the theme of this year's event or share a personal story about mental health and suicide.

Instructions on how to participate can found on the MSW@USC blog. 

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