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#suicideprevention

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“Colorado farmers and ranchers lost access to a critical lifeline when the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week froze funding for a program that supports the mental health of a population whose suicide rate is at least two times higher than the average population, and whose profession is marked by uncertainties in the weather, market and cost of operating.”

#Politics #USPolitics #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #Agriculture #Farmers #Ranchers #SuicidePrevention

coloradosun.com/2025/04/25/usd

The Colorado Sun · Colorado farmers just lost their most important mental health lifelineBy Tracy Ross

> In summary, “reach out for help” or “find someone to talk to,” etc is secular thoughts and prayers. This is not suicide prevention. It is suicide delay.

> Suicide prevention is access to food, homes, medication, education, transportation, and more. Without material and community support, people will die. That’s just the way it is. The sooner we act on that, the better. But the hotline expanded while social welfare is at a crisis level is insult to injury.

write.as/niomi/i-know-the-hotl #CrisisCare #hotline #SuicidePrevention #SuicideDelay

niomi · The Suicide Hotline Makes me AngryI know the hotline helps. Lots of positive testimony already, so I’m not covering it, but I am aware. And the truth is it still makes me ...

Crunched a bit today to get everything ready last-minute for @saveandraid. Hyped as every year, but disappointed that my wife won't be on stream with me since she's sick.
Streaming layout ready, milestones and incentives ready, socials posts for the S&R account mostly set up.

Tomorrow can come. ✌🏻 Here is the schedule for this year: saveandraid.org/schedule
I will be live at 1 PM CET! twitch.tv/radgryd
#SaveandRaid #Charity #SuicidePrevention #MentalHealth #Diablo

Their 'help' is killing you:

"An analysis of 191 countries... found that countries with better psychiatric services experienced higher #suicide rates.

In 2016, the US Dept of #Veterans Affairs published a study that showed that, whether the veterans had received a psychiatric diagnosis or not, there were many more suicides among those who were treated..."

#Suicides Increase After National #SuicidePrevention Introduced

madinamerica.com/2025/02/us-su #Psychiatrists

Mad In America · Suicides Increase After National Suicide Prevention IntroducedAll over the world, researchers have consistently found increasing psychiatric services associated with higher suicide rates, not lower.

If you're fans of Diablo 1 and Diablo 2 I am convinced you're going to enjoy this year's @saveandraid shenanigans. A group of streamers playing with the same save file and passing it along while we raise money for charity.

This year we will have a vote for what classes to choose via our Tiltify page: 1 vote is $1. Vote closes in 20 days. 😈

donate.tiltify.com/f3f98b23-40 #SaveAndRaid #SuicidePrevention #Diablo1 #Diablo2 #Charity #RetroGaming

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