MOVEMBER Day 3 - Things to remember • Mental health issues are common and treatable • Take action early – the sooner the better • Mental health issues are illnesses, not weaknesses, and people shouldn’t feel ashamed to talk about them and take action By talking about mental illnesses, we can help raise awareness and reduce the stigma. Recommended Websites ALIVE AND NOT GUILTY (aliveandnotguilty.wordpress/2013/01/28/welcome-to-alive-and-not-guilty/) – A blog that addresses how many terminal illness or traumatic events survivors and caregivers may experience guilt after surviving the event in many different ways. It could be of benefit to be aware of its occurrence. This blog provides some information and resources. MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA (mentalhealthamerica.net) - strives to educate the general public about the realities of mental health and mental illness. This is a valuable resource for learning about different types of mental illness and how to seek treatment. NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE (suicidepreventionlifeline.org) - provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION (psychiatry.org/mental-health/key-topics/finding-help) - founded in 1844, is the world’s largest psychiatric organization. It is a medical specialty society representing more than 33,000 psychiatric physicians from the United States and around the world. THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help/index.shtml) - strives to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure. Join me this MOvember as I am raising awareness on the importance of mens health, specially incidence of cancer and mental health issues. t.co/tXRNBcBhRr .
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 13:34:04 +0000
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