To kickstart the day, @amritat spoke with @netshrink and me about why suicide prevention is everyone's business, and why there's no room for fatalism in the fight against suicide.
So much good stuff packed into 25 minutes!
+https://youtu.be/3ZlEarG7xSU
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@CMHLPIndia's India Mental Health Observatory, backed by@thakurfdn, launched a big, unprecedented project: Project SIREN to track + rate newspaper reporting on suicides.@the_hindu is leading the way right now. Responsible media saves lives
https://cmhlp.org/imho/siren
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I'm grateful to play a small role as an advisor to Project SIREN. As I told
@boomlive_in, our goal isn't censorship/naming and shaming but helping media colleagues make healthy, data-driven choices. Do read this detailed piece by @Bannedfortalkin: https://www.boomlive.in/fact-file/project-siren-tracking-indian-media-on-the-way-it-reports-suicides-9688 … +Show this thread -
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@sudhanshusanwal and I had an impromptu chat about the media and mental health: https://twitter.com/toymango/status/1304063674374479873?s=19 … +Show this thread -
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@theLonePack, an NGO working to bust myths and stigma around mental health, published a podcast with me. Bits of patchy audio in there, but I really enjoyed talking to Valerie: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6CncTEHuPobtMt6Eijs672?si=fSpKPtYqRnmXIW-dMAnVWg … +Show this thread -
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@The_Corres published an elegant collection of our stories on suicide prevention, so that members can easily access them all in one place
https://thecorrespondent.com/collection/suicide-prevention …
Phew! So much work done. So much left to do. And we're not waiting for #SuicidePrevention Day 2021! <Fin>Show this thread
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SHAKE IT OFF! Every day is Suicide Prevention Day!
I'm inspiring myself by recounting all the fab stuff I was part of yesterday!