The US has observed National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month every July since 2008. To be more specific, the official name of the month is Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental…
Category: Mental Health
General information on mental health.
The Importance of Educating Family Members about Mental Health
While the stigma surrounding mental health and mental illness has decreased in recent years, it still exists in our society and influences the way people think about mental health. This…
What Childhood Suicide Is Telling Us: We Cannot Underestimate Children
Photo by Trym Nilsen on Unsplash Two Childhood Stories The New York Times recently covered a story about 11-year-old Marie. The young daughter of a nurse called a suicide prevention…
Reparenting Your Inner Child: Ways to Encourage Therapeutic Dialogue
We never fully grow up. At least not in the way we’d like to believe. Within us, there is an eternal child that always has something to feel or say.…
Stay Strong Even As the War Rages On
Tired But Strong I am tired—tired of fighting an invisible war that is not so invisible anymore, tired of being treated like an outcast because I am different. The War…
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Bringing Awareness to PTSD
What is PTSD? Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is when trauma stays in the body long after a traumatic event has occurred. An example is when a pedestrian is struck by a…
A Thank You from Me to You
Dear reader, thank you. We all have rough days in this life. It is in these rough patches of life when we need to be reminded of our worth because…
Observing International Day of Yoga for Our Mental Health
Our Day of Yoga Monday, June 21, 2021, marks the seventh annual International Day of Yoga. Proposed by India, this day was given its name by the United Nations in…
How Creative Writing Exercises Can Lessen Anxiety and Heighten Self-Confidence
Getting Out of My Own Way I’m a writer who often finds it difficult to motivate myself to start writing, no matter what the project is. I’m also someone with…
Why Autism Acceptance Matters
World Autism Day Every year, April 2 is designated as World Autism Day. The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder has been growing with each year. We may not know a…