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Mental Health Day Blog Party

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Mental Health Day Blog PartyPinOver at Psych Central they are gearing up for another Mental Health Day Blog Party.

If you’ve never seen, or taken part, in the annual event before, it is a great way to gorge yourself in reading about mental health, and the various issues that many of us deal with and write about. It’s also a great way to find new voices that maybe you’ve not seen online before.

I plan on taking part myself, by writing a little bit about the chosen topic this year, “dignity in mental health”. I hope that many of you will consider joining me, and if you want to take part but don’t have a blog of your own, feel free to let me know and I’ll see about possibly opening up the book/movie reviews submission form to more personal stories for the day!

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