Events planned in Los Angeles County and throughout California will offer mental health information and resources and provide ways for everyone to join Each Mind Matters: California’s Mental Health Movement, a community of individuals and organizations dedicated to a shared vision of mental wellness and equality.
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Research released during mental health awareness week (May 16-22, 2016) shows that more people affected by mental health issues are receiving appropriate follow-up care after coming into contact with police.
The joint agreement between the Welsh Government and 28 key organisations and partners in Wales, aims to help reduce the number of people detained inappropriately in police cells.
Between 2014 and 2015 there was also a fall in the overall number of people attending A&E for mental health-related reasons, suggesting that the range of intervention work put into place in recent years is beginning to have an effect on the number of people escalating to a point of crisis. The burden of properly treating mental health cases then falls on to the shoulders of law enforcement.
May is National Mental Health Awareness month and NAMI Chattanooga in partnership with AIM Center will present Our Stories: families and friends caring for those living with mental illness to address challenges that face caregivers of adults with mental illness. The fact is, we already have federal legislation, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It can be confusing to align personal experience with mental illness to clinical criteria, and this can contribute to ongoing silence or hesitation to get help.
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Speakers from around the country came to Nashville to push for more treatment, support, and health options for those suffering from mental illness.
