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Oct 24, 2011 - 4:30 AM

'Durham school boards to teach about mental health

You're Not Alone campaign launched at Ontario Shores

Durham school boards to teach about mental health. WHITBY -- Dr. Stanley Kutcher addressed guests at Ontario Shores at the launch of the You're Not Alone campaign, a program that with the partnership of local school boards will introduce mental health curriculum into high schools to bring awareness to mental illnesses in adolescents. October 18, 2011 Sabrina Byrnes / Metroland

WHITBY -- Ontario Shores, local school boards and teachers are letting kids and teens with mental illness know they are not alone.

And they hope to tackle this important issue among youth before it's too late, through a mental health curriculum in local schools.

"In Canada, suicide is the second leading cause of teenage deaths, next to automobile accidents," said Michael Nettleton, chairman of the board at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences.

At the launch of a new campaign to introduce the curriculum on Oct. 18...'

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