{"id":30444,"date":"2025-09-08T16:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/?p=30444"},"modified":"2025-09-08T16:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:03:24","slug":"suicide-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/2025\/09\/08\/suicide-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>September is <strong>Suicide Awareness Month<\/strong>, a time to raise understanding, reduce stigma, and highlight the support available for anyone affected by suicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking about suicide can be difficult, but starting the conversation is vital. Libraries play a role in signposting to trusted information and resources that can help people find support for themselves or others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you or someone you know is struggling, support is available:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>NHS<\/strong> \u2013 Find help online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/mental-health\">nhs.uk\/mental-health<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mind<\/strong> \u2013 Mental health support and advice at <a>mind.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our library also offers a range of <em>Reading Well<\/em> titles, including books on mental health, resilience, and coping strategies, all free to borrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, we can help break the silence and support suicide prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image.png?resize=840%2C630&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image.png?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September is Suicide Awareness Month, a time to raise understanding, reduce stigma, and highlight the support available for anyone affected by suicide. Talking about suicide can be difficult, but starting the conversation is vital. Libraries play a role in signposting to trusted information and resources that can help people find support for themselves or others. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/2025\/09\/08\/suicide-awareness-month\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Suicide Awareness Month&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[63,141,254,259],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-depression","category-mental-health","category-stigma","category-suicide"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30446,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30444\/revisions\/30446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}