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WHEN Carrie Simmons opened her Facebook app one day in late 2014, she saw a status update from a high school friend she had not seen in years that alarmed her. It read like a suicide note.
"Thank you for everyone who tried to help me," Ms Simmons' friend, whom she declined to name, wrote.
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