Posts Tagged ‘mental health’
Stand Against Suicide: Nurturing Mental Health and Support
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, presenting another opportunity to focus on our mental health and well-being. Suicidal thoughts can affect anyone. Just the thought of not being alive not due to your own doing has crossed the minds of many. But, there are steps we can take to help ourselves or others who may…
Read MoreMay is Mental Health Month: Would You Know When You’ve Gone Too Far?
We must acknowledge that there are still various communities with cultural stigma and bias towards mental health. The negative beliefs make it difficult for those who are suffering to receive the necessary support needed. Mental health is essential to everyone’s overall health and well-being, and mental illnesses are common and treatable. However, people experience symptoms…
Read MoreMay is Mental Health Month – Spread the Word!
Research shows that 1 in 4 adult Americans live with a diagnosable mental health condition. Up to 50% of those people living with a mental health condition never seek or receive help due to stigma, lack of information and/or cost or lack of health insurance coverage. Many people may be reluctant to ask for help…
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