On World Suicide Prevention Day, Blog Post Highlights Film, Importance Of Mental Health In SDGs

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On World Suicide Prevention Day, Jane Brandt Sørensen, a PhD fellow at the University of Copenhagen, discusses a film she co-directed exploring the issue of suicide in rural Sri Lanka. Sørensen writes, “With mental health now being a suggested topic of the new historic United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, we are at a crucial landmark with the foundation to act and make mental health a priority” (9/10).

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