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Facebook, India Push to Curb Suicide; Is Facebook’s Future All-video?

Posted June 14th, 2016 at 12:14 pm (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: Facebook Launches Suicide Prevention Tools for 148 Million Indian Users India leads the world with depression rates and has more suicides than any other country, according to the World Health Organization. Mental illness topics remain taboo in that country and in other developing parts of the world. Facebook’s new tools help nudge […]

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‘You Are Okay’ – Website Helps Teens Confront Mental Illness

Posted May 15th, 2015 at 2:48 pm (UTC-4)
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A New York-based non-profit is harnessing the power of social media and video streaming to ignite a conversation about mental illness among teenagers in the U.S. and abroad. Project UROK – You Are Okay – is a “mental health destigmatization effort that utilizes YouTube and social media to create fun, informative and inclusive videos for […]

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