Stand Against Suicide: Nurturing Mental Health and Support

By Nicole Daniels | September 20, 2023

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, presenting another opportunity to focus on our mental health and well-being. Suicidal thoughts can affect anyone. Just the thought of not being alive not due to your own doing has crossed the minds of many. But, there are steps we can take to help ourselves or others who may…

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Suicide Awareness in the LGBTQ Community

By LaCole Cole | October 1, 2016

Did You Know? Suicide attempts among LGBTQ youth are 20-40% higher than non-LGBTQ youth. Suicide attempts are four times greater for LGB youth and two times greater for questioning youth than that of heterosexual youth. Each time LGBT victimization occurs it increases the likelihood of self-harming behaviors by 2.5 times on average. Almost half of…

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