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# World Suicide Prevention Day

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Voices
Opinion: 'I tried to take my own life more than once and felt the compassion of staff begin to fade'
On World Suicide Prevention Day our reader details her struggles and experience of the Irish mental health services.
# take action
'No one should suffer alone, suicide is a community issue and everyone's business'
It’s World Suicide Prevention Day today. Here’s what events are happening to mark it.
# hanging sex dolls
Celtic FC won't be dragged into "tit for tat spat" after hanging effigies spotted at Rangers clash
Pictures of the dolls at Celtic Park caused shock on World Suicide Prevention Day.
# World Suicide Prevention Day
Buildings around Ireland will be turning orange today... here's why
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, and monuments around the country will be turning orange to mark it.
# textual healing
Giving men the opportunity to text is a "major development" in the fight against suicide
“It’s about meeting people where they’re at – and men simply prefer to type than talk,” says Paul Kelly of Console.
# still stigmatised
Most of us see Irish society as hostile to mental health problems
65% say mental health treatment is seen as a sign of failure.
# Mental Health
Free group support to be offered on World Suicide Prevention Day
Headline statistics reveal that somebody commits suicide every 82 minutes across the UK and Ireland.
# Mental Health
New theory to identify people in danger from suicide
Dr Harry Barry revealed his Cocoon Theory at the Console World Suicide Prevention Day Conference yesterday.