{"id":11806,"date":"2017-09-08T15:23:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T20:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/bethedifference-september-school-mental-health\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T08:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:22:20","slug":"bethedifference-september-school-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/bethedifference-september-school-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"How To #BeTheDifference in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September is already underway and we\u2019re continuing our focus on mental health at school as part of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/bethedifference\/\">#BeTheDifference<\/a>\u00a0campaign. 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