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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

The author, Vic Armstrong, wearing a t-shirt that says "MEN NEED SELF-CARE TOO" in bright yellow block letters.

Men Need Self-Care, Too: Manning Up by Caring for Your Mental Health

The reality is that men do cry, men do experience emotional pain, and men do experience mental fatigue. In short, men need self-care, too.

Gary Gulman

Things I Did to Get Out of a Crippling Two-and-a-half-year Depression: Mental Health Resilience Tips from Comedian Gary Gulman

Recently, comedian Gary Gulman has shared 100 practical and insightful tips on his Instagram account about how he stays resilient and proactively manages his mental health on a daily basis. Here are just a handful.

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Five Leading Advocacy Organizations Condemn Medicaid Cuts, Urge Senate to Safeguard Access to Mental Health Care and Substance Use Treatment

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to strip millions of Americans of their health insurance amid an ongoing national mental health emergency.

Volunteer with AFSP

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Letter From the Ceo Alliance for Mental Health to Congress

Our nation stands at a critical juncture and a potential tipping point. We have the opportunity to make strategic decisions and create a future-ready system that increases accessibility, affordability, and accountability.

The author Marie Demasi picture with her brother when they were younger.

I Will Hug You When You Get Here: Acknowledging the Loss of a Sibling at The Overnight Walk

Walking in The Overnight, and finding others through AFSP who have lost loved ones to suicide, has aided me in my healing journey in ways I could never have imagined.

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CONEXPO-CON/AGG and the Utility Expo Partner with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to Promote Mental Health Awareness Across the Construction Industry

CONEXPO-CON/AGG and The Utility Expo, the premier trade shows for the construction and utility sectors, are proud to announce a new partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).

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