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  Content warning:  This section contains information about suicide and suicide prevention.    World Suicide Prevention Day 2026 Thursday 10 September sees World Suicide Prevention Day take place. This is held to raise awareness of suicide, to reduce the stigma that surrounds the topic and encourage action to be taken on suicide prevention.   The theme for this year is 'changing the narrative on suicide' and that is something that needs to happen. We can't be quiet about something like this, can't suffer in silence and not talk or write about it. Our upcoming mental health issue will include articles on this subject. That will be published at the end of this month but we need some coverage now. Winning the Battle to Stay Alive by Steve Ashfield This isn’t an easy article to write, but if it helps just one person it will have been worthwhile publishing it.  Suicide is such a difficult subject to write about and it is something that I’ve both considered many times and...

  The Diagnosis Den is packed with articles about that moment when we finally find out that we are members of the neurodivergent community. Below you will find the current issue's articles and then after that, our archive. To read the full editions of THE MAG EXTRA and its sister publications, use this link . The Diagnosis Den - Edition Three Not a day goes by without me thinking about my diagnosis. Whether it be the moment my first being autistic was mentioned to me to the assessment that led to my diagnosis. Here's some more articles about being diagnosed. Welcome to one of the most important sections of THE MAG.  Take Away the Diagnosis, and You Don't Remove the ADH, You Remove the Proof by Nic Gray Nic Gray runs Hailsham & East Sussex ADHD Support CIC and is also an NTA Certified Advanced ADHD Coach.  Not surprisingly, Nic has some strong views on all recent comments made by GPs regarding the number of people being diagnosed with ADHD. Over to Nic for an excellent...