In the face of increasing need, the number of inpatient psychiatric hospital beds in the US continues to decline as states slash their mental health budgets.
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I believe we need to remove the stigma that surrounds mental health and this can be done to a few extent by the provision of good policy, awareness campaigns and training for professionals.
The video series is part of Janssen’s Healthy Minds initiative, dedicated to advancing neuroscience research, news and information regarding mental health.
I have an adult child who was struck by severe mental illness at 19, on the cusp of a full and successful life.
People who live with mental illnesses were also encouraged to talk about their recoveries at open mic. Just because you cry easily or can’t cope with personal problems, it doesn’t make you weak or more likely to be mentally ill.
As the News Editor for this paper, this is a hard story for me to cover, because journalism (ideally) requires a certain level of objectivity that proves hard to maintain when the stakes are high and the writer is personally invested. “Although it’s worth noting that Gov. Huckabee’s state [Arkansas] got a grade of D- on mental health care while he was in office”.
“We’re not a helpless community of mental patients”.
This year, the theme is “I am Stigma Free”. Following such attacks, when the public is polled about violence and mental illness, the threat of the mentally ill is always overstated in spite of the facts.
Support is essential. And support is available in many Georgia communities, including Albany and Moultrie in Southwest Georgia, in programs developed by the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Patricia Fontana of Berkeley, California, is one of the founders of the Voices of the Mothers Project, a grass roots organization to advocate for change to the mental health system, and to give voice to the countless mothers and other family members overwhelmed by the daily struggle of caring for their loved ones.
A student and youth mentor for Nexus Youth Services from Mississauga, Ontario, Wali is dedicated in raising awareness about mental health.
Over 1,000 people have joined the campaign on Facebook and pledged their support to the cause of lending dignity to mental health, by posting selfies with semi colons on their wrists.
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On Sunday, on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver“, Oliver said the aftermath of a mass shooting is not the right time to discuss the mental health. He also reiterated one of his pillars of governance for Woodland: sustainability. To help people see that it’s nothing to be ashamed of. The Working Mind is an education-based program that is offered through the Mental Health Commission of Canada and is created to address and promote mental health and reduce the stigma of mental illness in a workplace setting. In 2009, for example, suicide accounted for 3,890 deaths in Canada among both genders, and according to Statistics Canada, mental illness is the most important risk factor.
