World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year, in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides, with various activities around the world since 2003. The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), collaborates with the World Health Organization(WHO) and the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH), to host World Suicide Prevention Day. In 2011 an estimated 40 countries held awareness events to mark the occasion.
National Survivors of Suicide Loss Day was designated as a day when the friends and family of those who have died by suicide can join for healing and support. This day always falls on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
