Stories about AFSP Arizona
Finding Hope and Healing on the Links: Golfing to Support Suicide Prevention
Nearly 14 years ago, my family’s life changed forever. On October 1 of 2009, my brother Sean died by suicide. He was 24 years old at the time, and I was only 21. In the weeks, months, and years that followed, each of us processed and worked through that horrible loss in our own ways.
Fighting Loneliness Through Connection
2017 was a tough year for me. My heart had been broken. I was plagued by a medical issue throughout a good portion of the year. The new job I thought was going to be lucrative wasn’t.
Making Mental Healthy Parity a Priority in Arizona
Mental health parity is one of AFSP’s public policy priorities. Simply put, mental health parity means that insurance companies and health plans must cover mental health care the same way they cover other medical care, without any extra restrictions for mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
Advocates to Be the Voice for Suicide Prevention in Phoenix
Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States, and it is the eighth leading cause of death in Arizona.