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A moment in my time
A week after suicide prevention day last month, our family lost a lifelong mental health battle as my younger brother died by suicide.
A week after suicide prevention day last month, our family lost a lifelong mental health battle as my younger brother died by suicide.
He went through deep childhood traumas growing up in the shadows of our mother's schizophrenia and suffered clinical depression for almost two decades; which made each day of his adult life an overwhelming ordeal.
Yet he endured with silence, and went through a series of educational and professional accomplishments to find his rightful place in this world, as any man is told he should.
1/ Good morning and happy Saturday to you all. Ahead of the upcoming events on the Sussexes’ work calendar, here is some information about the engagements slated to take place today, Oct 10th, tomorrow the 11th and Tuesday the 13th. THREAD
2/ To mark #WMHD2020, Harry & Meghan will feature on Teenager Therapy podcast(12 noon EST), a podcast founded 2 years ago by 5 Anaheim, CA high schoolers to create a space for teenagers, where they could have candid conversations about Mental health school, family etc 
3/ It’s reported that the Duke & Duchess of Sussex became aware of the podcast through a feature in the New York Times, and were so impressed by the group that they wanted to support them.
Today is World Mental Health day.
Mental illness is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century & access to treatment should be universal.
People in our community should be able to get mental health treatment in the same way they would for a broken leg or flu.
#WMHD2020
Mental illness is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century & access to treatment should be universal.
People in our community should be able to get mental health treatment in the same way they would for a broken leg or flu.
#WMHD2020
Social service policies that push people into poverty cause stress and anxiety and part of looking after mental health in this country is ensuring that we keep people out of poverty and look after their wellbeing.
We are calling on the Government to urgently release the final Productivity Commission report into Mental Health and the final report of the MBS Taskforce’s recommendations regarding Medicare-funded mental health care items.
