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  • After You Lose Someone Close to You

  • Family Members of Loved Ones with Lived Experience

  • Advice for Young People

  • Becoming a Volunteer Field Advocate for Suicide Prevention

  • Mental Health Conversations in the Black Community

  • How to Talk About Suicide

  • Advice for Family and Friends

  • What Supported Your Recovery

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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Deepens Awareness of #TalkAwayTheDark and Launches New Guide to Have Difficult Conversations During Mental Health Awareness Month

This Mental Health Awareness Month, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is empowering people to have brave conversations about mental health, and to lean in and ask directly about suicide if struggles are not improving.

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Research Roundup May 2024: Recently Published Findings From AFSP-Funded Studies

The Research Roundup is a regular update of recently published findings in suicide prevention research.

The author Donna Birkholz, left, with Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, middle.

Advocating for Hope: Supporting Suicide Prevention on Capitol Hill at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Annual Advocacy Forum

Each June, Volunteer Advocates from AFSP chapters all over the country travel to D.C. to meet with our members of Congress and encourage their support for impactful policies related to suicide prevention and mental health. This year will be the 15th year AFSP is hosting this important event.

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Former “Dance Moms” Star Nia Sioux Highlights Mental Health with “Seize the Awkward” in Directorial Debut

Kenzie Ziegler, GAYLE among stars also featured in new digital content series for Mental Health Awareness Month

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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Statement on the Release of the 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention

The National Strategy is a comprehensive vision that is in line with AFSP’s long-standing mission to save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide, and our public policy priorities.

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Preventing Youth Suicide: Bringing Evidence into Practice

Pediatricians are increasingly encountering patients with suicide risk and are in need of evidence-based strategies to support patients with suicide risk. To help meet this need, AFSP and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have joined forces to save lives and support pediatric health providers.

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